hillbilly

Example Sentences

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Stewart didn’t go for polyester suits or arenas, preferring the rough and rowdy “skull orchards” around Fort Pierce where he could alternate between hillbilly rock and progressive bluegrass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

However, Vance has also described himself as a "Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart" in the past, with his ancestors having moved to the Appalachian region in the US more than three centuries ago.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

The music he made came from Mexico, and it came from Los Angeles, where 1940s Spanish-language swing tunes, Black doo-wop sounds and hillbilly guitar-plucking were mashed together in a molcajete y tejolote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

He’s a hillbilly, an elegist, and a Yale Law School graduate.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2025

Across the pastures, the incredible vulgarity of highly amplified hillbilly music drifted from the cafe on the highway.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin