folkways
Example Sentences
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Ms. Somers is a wonderfully wry chronicler of millennial folkways.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Its nine stories concern the complicated Bengali families in India and America, and Lahiri’s elegant, observant prose is constantly alert to the ways that lore and folkways shape or abrade relationships.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
“His witty, wistful songs celebrate a uniquely American cast of characters and seaside folkways, weaving together an unforgettable musical mix of country, folk, rock, pop, and calypso into something uniquely his own.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2023
Culture has a certain absorptive quality; when new people join a group, they tend to adopt its folkways.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022
It offers no nifty formulas for pigeonholing people or decoding folkways and manners.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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