hippie
Example Sentences
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“We were as hippie-ish as hippie could be, while still being responsible.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
In 2020, Burning Man—“a fertile, apocalyptic, hippie, neo-pagan freak fest,” as one news clip tells us—was canceled outright due to Covid-19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Christine Devin, who arrived in 1974 after travelling overland on the hippie trail from Paris, remembers digging wells, irrigating the land and everyone pitching in to build houses and communal buildings like the solar kitchen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Elsewhere in the documentary, narrated by Kate Winslet, he is described as a "bit of a hippie".
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
I was constantly surprised by who bought from us: a bumed-out hippie, a well-dressed woman, a dull guy you'd never look twice at, a man in a fake wig and mustache, a preppie college kid.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
