redneck

Example Sentences

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A new vanguard—led by the beer-swilling redneck Stone Cold Steve Austin—would bring the art form into the modern age by embracing bad taste.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“She calls herself a redneck environmentalist,” Kreider said during a visit at Gilbert’s home.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

Michael Trotter Jr. told me that “when you have artists standing onstage yelling about redneck culture, you know they’re not talking to you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

“He’s not a domestic terrorist, but he is everyone’s crazy redneck uncle from out of town,” Mr. McBride said during opening statements last week, UPI reported.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Something about his mud-encrusted boots and the way he let smoke curl from his lips and how the sinking sun lit his green hair reminded me of a punk, redneck James Dean.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs