cityscape
noun
city·scape
ˈsi-tē-ˌskāp 
1
: a city viewed as a scene
2
: an artistic representation of a city
3
: an urban environment
a cityscape cluttered with factories
Examples of cityscape in a Sentence
The cityscape is cluttered with factories.
a photographer who does mostly cityscapes
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The horizon is ever-present, either as a forbidding blankness or a flat, shimmering cityscape that reinforces the characters’ growing isolation.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
And the vistas of sea and cityscape are as delicious as the food.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Dramatic footage has emerged of a Syrian TV presenter fleeing a news studio mid-broadcast after an Israeli airstrike on a building framed in the cityscape behind her was captured live on air.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Nestled in a romantic Parisian setting, couples can tie the knot alongside up to 100 guests surrounded by a cityscape of mansard roofs, casement windows and clustered chimneystacks.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 9 July 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
And the vistas of sea and cityscape are as delicious as the food.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Dramatic footage has emerged of a Syrian TV presenter fleeing a news studio mid-broadcast after an Israeli airstrike on a building framed in the cityscape behind her was captured live on air.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Nestled in a romantic Parisian setting, couples can tie the knot alongside up to 100 guests surrounded by a cityscape of mansard roofs, casement windows and clustered chimneystacks.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cityscape
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“Cityscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cityscape. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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