peacenik

Example Sentences

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Michael, a long-haired Vietnam-era peacenik as the informed and occasionally smug voice of logic, earned that brand from Archie simply by being.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

But he also said “naïve” and peacenik speeches about everyone living together happily ever after weren’t helpful either.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Even Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first post-independence president and the ultimate peacenik, could not find a resting place last year without a dispute breaking out.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2022

But I was trying to tell them that I am still a peace-aholic, still a peacenik, still a hippie.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2021

When receiving my Nobel Prize, I'm so lost in thought that the peacenik seated beside me has to elbow me in the ribs, saying, "Hey, buddy, I think they're calling your name."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris