backpacker

Example Sentences

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The backpackers were picked up when hitchhiking on a long stretch of road between Sydney and Melbourne.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

She pointed to an old hiking adage, “Cotton kills,” referring to the danger cotton poses to backpackers in low temperatures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

I immediately judged him as one of those American free-spirited backpackers — or, what my Venezuelan father would call a hippie.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

My dinner guests — fellow backpackers — set eight places at the table with an assortment of mismatched silverware pulled from kitchen drawers.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

We joined bikers and backpackers and the skiers heading for Mammoth.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston