quaker

Example Sentences

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Were it not for the presence of bluesmen, jazz men and rock’n’rollers, Dylan, a one-time quaker of the social order, would emerge as a rather square and fusty autodidact.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2020

He was a Boston quaker, born in 1904, a brilliant mind who completed Harvard in two years and joined the state department.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2016

The egomaniac excesses of its senior executives has left an institution founded on quaker principles reviled by the public.

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2013

Champagne coats, designed like the dinner jackets, come in blue, quaker grey, bisque, green and champagne, may be worn with black welt-seamed trousers.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had heard such unpleasant things about Anthony that she was quite surprised when she “met a dignified, quaker looking lady.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling