How to Use bohemia in a Sentence

bohemia

noun
  • Without the bourgeoisie’s staid and starchy mores, there is no bohemia.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • From curtains to wedding decor all the way to plant hangers, macramé adds a touch of bohemia to any design.
    Lennie Larkin, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Libbey’s point of view has since manifested itself throughout the tiny and beloved bohemia.
    Lauren Johnson and Jesse Sparks, Smithsonian, 3 May 2017
  • Susannah was smitten with punk rock and all manners of bohemia.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019
  • Gibling set the tone for life at 835 Kings Road, fostering a bohemia that rivalled any in Greenwich Village.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022
  • Daphne du Maurier was born in 1907, in London, into the upper reaches of bohemia.
    Allan Massie, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • Every member of the city’s urban bohemia seemed in attendance.
    Tara Isabella Burton, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2017
  • On the south side is a venerable houseboat community with 20 floating homes and berths for more than 30 small boats, a bit of floating bohemia.
    Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2019
  • This is to say nothing of the countless volunteers who showed up, claw hammers in hand, to begin the long resurrection of America’s beloved capital of bohemia.
    Scott Armstrong, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2017
  • And Ramsay-Levi knows how to get the most out of traditional handwork, like embroidery and punched cotton-front Victorian blouses, without killing the modern bohemia of the clothes.
    Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Krasner adeptly assembled movers and shakers in the art world — critics, gallerists, collectors, painters, and other denizens of New York bohemia — around their dinner table in the country.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021
  • BackBar, which consists primarily of a cluster of picnic tables fenced off from the main drag in the sleepy capital of Hudson Valley bohemia, nails the spirit of tiki instead.
    Esquire Editors, Esquire, 25 May 2017
  • The fountainhead of American bohemia, Greenwich Village has always departed from the straight and narrow.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The bag itself spoke to the moment, with its jaunty insouciance, its effortless blend of elegance and bohemia, its ability to traverse the rapidly disappearing border between uptown and down.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Varda’s feminist vision embraces love, whimsy, joyful bohemia and tenderness no less than healthy anger over injustice.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
  • The 11-piece collection combines both brand's particular approach to feminine bohemia.
    Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Sep. 2018
  • The duo reached for accessories designed to amplify their already impressive aesthetics, silver, gold, and coordinated twined stones making the case for contemporary bohemia.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2019

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