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Recent Examples of hoyden
Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865.
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Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoyden
Noun
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Diane was a quirky, sociable tomboy with a natural gift for making people laugh.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
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The film centers on three tomboys, Mihrije, Sina and Jasna, best friends in Slovenia, who refuse to conform to the conservative norms of their communities, and traditions such as arranged marriages.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Anderson made a slow transition back to her famous peroxide blonde look, spending a little time with a strawberry blonde curly pixie look.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
11 Feb. 2026
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Elsewhere at the luncheon, Hudson’s fellow Best Actress nominees Rose Byrne, Emma Stone and Jessie Buckley brought bobs of all styles and lengths to the red carpet, while Best Supporting Actress nominee Teyana Taylor stuck to her signature pin curl pixie cut.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Purists should go into it expecting not a faithful adaptation, but a romp best enjoyed as romantasy fanfic.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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Now McGee, too, is back with a crime drama—one bound to earn comparisons to Sharon Horgan’s post-Catastrophe murder romp, Bad Sisters.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As summer gave way to fall, actress Zoë Kravitz swapped her long black hair for a gamine cropped bob.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
30 Dec. 2025
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Think: vintage pin-curls on Teyana Taylor, a gamine cut on FKA Twigs, and Doja Cat’s blonde curls.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Hoyden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoyden. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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