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folksy

[fohk-see] / ˈfoʊk si /


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The current manager, Pat Murphy, had some of Kuenn’s folksy eccentricity, quizzing his young children at press conferences and once touting the midgame deliciousness of a pancake stuffed into his uniform’s back pocket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Masino had sought to update Cracker Barrel for a younger generation of consumers, including remaking its folksy logo and changing its menu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Enter Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis’ folksy Missourian loaded with cornpone wisdom, positivity and kindness.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

There’s kind of a folksy quality in the manufactured banter between a president and the ballplayers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Fred played the guitar for her, and sang, his voice husky, and told her how his dream was to be a lead singer in a folksy band.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

L. Scott Caldwell is just as memorable in the role, which she makes completely her own in Kent Gash’s folksier staging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2017

For many Koreans, there is a collective shame about the folksier elements of their own culture.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2017

The new “Voices of Pearl Harbor” tour uses a folksier approach, with acoustic guitar and ukulele music playing in the background as Bruner talks about the waterfront and Waikiki, circa 1941.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2015

Visions of a folksier Fleetwood Mac and Beach Boys come to mind, but their closing song “Hero” is a classic of its own accord.

From Time ● Jul. 7, 2014

It was always sixties music too—I recognized the Beatles and some of the folksier stuff you hear on the classic rock stations.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

With studied informality, the Donner Trail Ranch manages to be both the fanciest and the folksiest in the Reno area.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spirit Lake is distended by a cast of more than four dozen major characters cursed with total recall and the folksiest dialect since Mr. Dooley.

From Time Magazine Archive


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