Examples of “picnic” in a Sentence

noun A casual meal eaten outdoors, often in a park or countryside, where everyone brings their own food.

• We packed sandwiches and had a picnic by the lake.
• The kids spread a blanket on the grass for their picnic.
• Our picnic was ruined when it started to rain.

noun Something easy or pleasant to do (informal, often used negatively).

• Moving house with three kids is no picnic.
• Learning to drive in heavy traffic is no picnic.
• Compared with his old job, this new one is a picnic.

verb To have a picnic.

• They picnicked in the shade of an old oak tree.
• On sunny weekends we like to picnic in the park.
• Several families were picnicking beside the river when the clouds rolled in.