peacenik

Example Sentences

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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

The real story began with Daniel Ellsberg, the Marine turned government researcher turned clandestine peacenik who first gave the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2017

The winning Lyanna Mormont, the pint-size ruler of Bear Island, and Ian McShane’s hippie peacenik Brother Ray had welcome, brief cameos.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2016

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