How to Use flower child in a Sentence

flower child

noun
Definition of flower childnext
  • The ballon sleeves and micro buds lent the look a slight ’60s flower child feel.
    — Maria Ward, Vogue, 11 June 2018
  • Rocked by the singer in the '70s and '80s, these ultra-long strands are renowned for looking equal parts flower child and full-on glam.
    — Rebecca Norris, Allure, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Ruth was an aging flower child and found comfort in singing some of a Joni Mitchell song that was so much a part of her younger life.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2021
  • At 58, with a cloud of frizzy hair, Currier has the air of a maternal, middle-aged flower child.
    — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 24 May 2021
  • Suri, 12, was also a flower child for the event, wearing a long-sleeve Dolce & Gabbana dress that fell below the knee and ballet flats.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2018
  • Change it, just not in quite the same way the flower children originally imagined.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
  • What better for the flower child in your life than a beautiful box of blooms sent to their door on a regular basis?
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2022
  • My mom was an ex-flower child, my dad an alumnus of the original Woodstock who made kombucha and jogged on our home treadmill in just tighty-whities and blue Pumas.
    — Andrew Kay, Longreads, 17 July 2021
  • Unveil your inner flower child and turn your hair and face into a walking field of pastel-colored blooms.
    — Sara Miranda, Allure, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Freedman captured the true spirit of the flower children littering St. Marks Place, and their movement to make love not war, casting many of the parts with coffeehouse singers and sidewalk musicians.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2020
  • Grateful Dead fans' favorite pattern has been trending in the world of nail art all season, and now, another nail design is here to satisfy your inner flower child: lava lamp nails.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 8 July 2019
  • After all, Kiri is in direct communication with the almighty goddess that this tribe worships, acting like a tree-hugging flower child - would that really be seen as so strange, in this context?
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Cliff is more willing than Rick to accept the hippies – even picking up a flower child hitchhiker - but also more skeptical about their true motivation.
    — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 24 July 2019
  • Talking to Davis about herself feels both analytical and spiritual, as if a flower child went to therapy.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • After each session, Diane emerges blissful and glassy-eyed, obsessed with the vividness of colors around her, somehow transformed into an unlikely flower child with an expensive wardrobe and high powered job.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • From vibrant collections that pulled from clowns and flower children to theatrical runway shows and models that celebrated their bodies—positivity was the shining message among the thousands of looks shown in every corner of New York this past week.
    — Sara Radin, Teen Vogue, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Though this moment fits Hadid's pattern of honoring nineties notes, the fringe worn by both women exude an air of cool-girl bohemian that makes the irreverent flower child detailing feel entirely contemporary.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 20 June 2018
  • The public, awash in terrible stories about abuse and harassment in gymnastics, Hollywood and more, may find yogis easier to dismiss as flaky flower children, or as self-promoting Instagram brand ambassadors.
    — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2019

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