stoner
Example Sentences
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If “The Big Lebowski” was a Raymond Chandler riff with a Los Angeles stoner for a protagonist, “Drive-Away Dolls” is their version of the 1955 noir “Kiss Me Deadly.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
Sheng Wang has a droll and relaxed delivery, which makes the focus and inventiveness of his material land even better — the happy chill of stoner musings contrasting with the rigor of precise observational comedy.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022
The music includes speed metal by Extreme, some “Detroit Rock City,” stoner anthems by Musical Youth, one-hit wonders Dead or Alive and Falco.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2022
Soundgarden and Alice In Chains were inspired by '70s psychedelic stoner rock and heavy metal bands such as Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2021
Hippies are all over San Francisco, both the old stoner kinds with giant skanky beards and tie-dyes, and the new kind, who are more into dress-up and maybe playing hacky-sack than protesting anything.
From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory
