beatnik
Example Sentences
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A beatnik radio host caught the Mets bug and praised baseball as a “kind of amalgam of all the human frustrations.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Finally, there is Georgia McCann, a self-styled Gen Z beatnik and events planner whose special talents include throwing parties for Anna Delvey and not washing her hands after she pees.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025
How could this crazy beatnik character be Disney?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
“She was kind of emulating beatnik style or French style.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022
At each stoplight, his gaze would light on someone — a brooding beatnik, a determined shopper — and he would have to fight down an urge to shout that he saw them.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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