flower child
Example Sentences
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Strong, best known as the feckless media heir of Succession, plays Jerry Rubin as a perpetually half-stoned flower child, a naïve Harpo to Hoffman’s smartass Groucho.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2020
Some early models had a flower vase, typically mounted on the dashboard as the perfect flower child accessory.
From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2018
The New Zealand native grew up as a flower child nursed on classic rock and protest songs; Filler strums her guitar and says, “Remember this one?” as she leads brief singalongs.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2018
The show’s unlikely musical center consists of several songs by Melanie, the happiest hippie singer-songwriter of the late 1960s and ’70s and, along with Donovan, a quintessential flower child.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2012
“There goes my flower child brother,” Shan said.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
