Example Sentences

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But for Subaru’s tree-hugging clientele, the unkindest cut has been fuel economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The city’s nickname is a homage to California, and the easy-living, tree-hugging, sun-soaked stereotypes it evokes.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

“We’re not doing this because we’re tree-hugging nature lovers.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

Cartoonists and talk-show hosts ridiculed it, dismissing it as tree-hugging self-indulgence by middle-class baby boomers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Herman, a Marion High School social studies teacher, isn’t some tree-hugging granola type.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2016