Example Sentences

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He recalled how as a pony-tailed teenager still in high school, he had hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival, sleeping on the muddy ground and drinking in the historic rock concert.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2020

The men had hitchhiked from Central America and met in Mexico.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2016

He had hitchhiked to New York from Minnesota, and after showing up at the Cafe Wha?, he mentioned to Mr. Roth that he had no place to sleep.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2014

Claude Bannick, the driver, who turned out to be a prominent lumberman in the valley, told me about how he and his late wife had hitchhiked all over Europe.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2013

Upon his release he had hitchhiked to Coachella, just southeast of Palm Springs, and called Franz.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer