How to Use flower child in a Sentence

flower child

noun
  • The ballon sleeves and micro buds lent the look a slight ’60s flower child feel.
    — Maria Ward, Vogue, 11 June 2018
  • That’s why these two hobbies are perfect for any flower children reading this guide.
    — Fran Tirado, Them, 18 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Fleetwood Mac that most people know was composed of three Brits and two flower children.
    — Jerry Portwood, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Colorful floral prints gave Etro’s denim pieces a ’70s flower child vibe.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Pearly Shadow Shimmery, pearly lids are in the flower child starter kit (along with long wavy hair, micro braids, and a flower crown).
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Channel your inner flower child at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Dandelions might be the most kid-friendly flower in existence — the one flower children can pick without getting into trouble.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Topping your flowy dress with a roomy trench coat and the addition of an elegant timepiece to your wrist completes your outfit that means business and less flower child for a day’s busy schedule.
    — Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The two-story space is colorfully but neatly organized with artwork and stacks of pillows that come together to create a flower child’s utopia.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Talking to Davis about herself feels both analytical and spiritual, as if a flower child went to therapy.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 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
  • Often cut beginning at the jawline or well below the face, long layers feel luxe yet bohemian, balancing polish with flower child sensibilities.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • At the time, white flower children were running away from their parents’ conventions and expectations, dressing in rags and wandering the streets of San Francisco.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • To be fair, there is a certain pathos to Wenders’s portrait of a superfluous 21st-century man, a flower child who has lived long enough to see the glorious music of his youth become analog keepsakes.
    — Hazlitt, 15 May 2024
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, Janice’s groovy flower child mentality extends to devoted practices of yoga, astral projection and dream-sharing, as well as a potent allergy to dishonesty.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 10 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • In 1970, Woodstock and flower child veteran turned entrepreneur Sandy Pukel opened his Oak Feed health food store in the center of Coconut Grove.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026

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