beachcomber
Example Sentences
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With his long face, heavy glasses and thinning hair, he padded around the office like a beachcomber in old sneakers, baggy pants and rumpled polo shirts, schmoozing with the staff.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Soon, moving along the rows of the periodic table like a beachcomber on a shore, Cade began to experiment with salts of rubidium, cerium and strontium.
From Nature • Aug. 25, 2019
Jennifer Moeller’s voluminous oyster-colored robe for Prospero wittily establishes him as a majestic beachcomber, and Christopher Akerlind’s subtle lighting scheme gives off a series of softly becoming, occasionally multi-hued, glows.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2014
But 35 years ago, on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, I met another sort of beachcomber.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2013
He reminded me of a beachcomber from Key West.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
