newfangled

Example Sentences

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George Simon, in his biography of the bandleader, reports that Miller ran afoul of a highly conservative senior officer who railed against the “newfangled sounds” that Miller’s men were producing.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’ve seen something like it before, but I’ve never worn such a fancy, newfangled thing. I’m afraid it might strangle me.”

From Literature

Its underwriters were the first to cover a car—the 1904 policy described the newfangled vehicle as a “ship navigating on land”—an airplane and a satellite.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were memoirs by Arctic explorers, fearless mountaineers, and deep-sea divers who braved the briny deep wearing those newfangled diving costumes.

From Literature

Then she very nearly scalded herself in the newfangled bathtub, and had to be lifted out red faced and yelling by two terrified ladies’ maids.

From Literature