pinko

Example Sentences

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It’s a curious sentiment for her to feel like she should be doing more, considering her activist history eclipses pretty much the entirety of Hollywood’s, but it’s a genuinely heart-warming notion from our pinko grandmother.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019

Mr. Navasky is the former editor and publisher of The Nation, the venerable journal of the left that Calvin Trillin has warmly referred to as “a pinko magazine printed on very cheap paper.”

From New York Times • May 23, 2013

It was left to Baden-Powell to shake off these pinko associations, give the movement a bit of military backbone, and extend the hand of international friendship to the Hitler Youth Movement.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2011

Like Dan's old tavern, the book is cluttered with all sorts of people�righteous madams, pining widows, pinko artists, lovelorn profs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still within the pale, still listed in the Social Register, Hester was not Red, but a delicate pinko.

From Time Magazine Archive