the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
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English soccer fans have earned a reputation for violent hooliganism, hurling plastic chairs and brawling their way across the piazzas and boulevards of Europe.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
3 July 2026 The incident began when Alnaji joined a rally on the corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards in support of Palestinians, while Kessler had attended a counter protest in support of Israel, The Times reported.—
Seamus Bozeman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026 On June 20, a masked woman climbed over a wall separating the Israeli Embassy from one of Tirana’s main boulevards, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart as onlookers cheered.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026 The community packed the boulevard along Highway 169 for a hometown hero.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for boulevard
Word History
Etymology
French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark
: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides
Etymology
from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark