ascetic
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At the Rick Owens show, Rick-heads made minimal weather-restrictive tweaks to their usual uniforms — platforms, leather, ground-grazing garments — making you appreciate the beauty in that level of ascetic dedication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He settled on the Upper West Side and began “living a monk’s ascetic life,” Mr. Strausbaugh writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
And at this precise moment, amid a coalition burned out on self-flagellation and ascetic living, a Totenkopf has been deemed forgivable.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
A jar of homemade pumpkin butter, if you’re feeling ambitious, turns even the most ascetic bowl into a minor celebration.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
I am still a Samana, he thought, still an ascetic and a beggar.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
For festival-goers, a major attraction is the presence of naked Naga sadhus, or ascetics, and it is a spectacle to watch as they hurl themselves into the icy waters.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
These ascetics attracted followers, and as a result monasteries and hermitages flourished in less hospitable areas.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Or consider 12th century Taoist ascetics who thought sleep deprivation could bring them closer to the truth.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023
It’s not long before one starts to wonder just what “Father” these ascetics are working in the name of.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Most of it he contributed anonymously to the monks of a local monastery—humble ascetics who had dedicated their lives to raising German police dogs.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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