mountain man
Example Sentences
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It was heaven for a 20-something mountain man who could climb and backcountry ski to his heart’s content while working in one of the world’s most stunning alpine settings.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Slim and handsome in a green shirt with a honey-colored beard, he looked like a real mountain man.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023
During the pandemic, he has traded his Washington-based policy wonk look with a trimmed beard and buzzed hair for a shaggier and scruffier look to fit a Colorado mountain man.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021
In walks this burly mountain man with reddish orange hair, a floor-length fur coat.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020
“Well, that wasn’t so bad,” I said to Bill with a mountain man chuckle and pressed on to the hut.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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