beatnik

Example Sentences

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A beatnik radio host caught the Mets bug and praised baseball as a “kind of amalgam of all the human frustrations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Finally, there is Georgia McCann, a self-styled Gen Z beatnik and events planner whose special talents include throwing parties for Anna Delvey and not washing her hands after she pees.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

As she deftly demonstrated the choreography’s awkwardness while playing it straight, my mind went for a moment to Audrey Hepburn’s beatnik dance in “Funny Face.”

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2023

“She was kind of emulating beatnik style or French style.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

There was a kind of beatnik quality to the Durenmatt’s suit.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides