hitchhike

Example Sentences

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Lacey’s remarkable debut novel, “Nobody Is Ever Missing,” captured the disturbed mental drift of a young woman as she hitchhiked around New Zealand in a cloud of unprocessed grief.

From Washington Post

He said he flew to Poland, hitchhiked to Ukraine and took a train to Kyiv.

From New York Times

Because there’s no bus service here, and hitchhiking is a time-honored tradition in the Gulf Islands, locals created a volunteer “taxi” network.

From Seattle Times

Improvisation is necessary, from hitchhiking to nudging the doorman for favors, but Julie — given anxious verve by the always-magnetic Calamy — isn’t a shameless hustler so much as she is acting sheepishly out of necessity.

From New York Times

Together they ran away from school, hitchhiking south toward Florida before being picked up by Alabama police and sent home.

From Washington Post