flower child

Example Sentences

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However temporarily, she’s become a more modern kind of flower child, sunk blissfully into the fecund earth that — at least for now — hasn’t yet been scorched beyond repair.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Strong, best known as the feckless media heir of Succession, plays Jerry Rubin as a perpetually half-stoned flower child, a naïve Harpo to Hoffman’s smartass Groucho.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2020

Some early models had a flower vase, typically mounted on the dashboard as the perfect flower child accessory.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2018

For Kravitz, still the flower child, it’s a call to action to get people looking for change.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2018

And it really, really didn’t help when my father pointed out that she had wanted to be a flower child, and so here was her chance.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt