Commie

Example Sentences

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Tao, who is gay, has pointedly played Copland’s steely piano works to reclaim this “gay, Commie Jew,” as he described Copland in an interview, from the perception that his music is solely about nostalgic Americana.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2021

The story is told in the past tense by Madeline Furston, better known as Linda, Commie and Freak to classmates at her small-town Minnesota high school.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2017

“Was it worth it? Are people going to call me a Commie? Call me stupid? A clown? Was it worth it?”

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2016

She described her mother — the artist Frances Bloch-Heifetz, a relative of violinist Jascha Heifetz — as an even more extreme radical: "She was really an anarchist. A total Commie."

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2015

I was cleaning houses in Draper when the mail came, so Robin left the letter on my bed with a note that I was a Commie now.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover