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  • adjective Reminiscent of Edward Hopper (1882–1967), American realist painter and printmaker.

Etymologies

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Hopper +‎ -esque

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Examples

  • He created a world of loneliness, isolation and quiet anguish that we call Hopperesque ....

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • He created a world of loneliness, isolation and quiet anguish that we call Hopperesque ....

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • I'm often told that much of my work is "Hopperesque".

    Pozzo Remembered in Paint Brooks of Sheffield 2008

  • It was November in rural Iowa, and between the Hopperesque towns in which we were stopping we drove through farmland, and brittle leaves blew across the road.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • It was November in rural Iowa, and between the Hopperesque towns in which we were stopping we drove through farmland, and brittle leaves blew across the road.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • It was November in rural Iowa, and between the Hopperesque towns in which we were stopping we drove through farmland, and brittle leaves blew across the road.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Traister offers a first glimpse into her reluctant but hopeful heart when she describes following Michelle Obama on the campaign trail in late 2007: It was November in rural Iowa, and between the Hopperesque towns in which we were stopping we drove through farmland, and brittle leaves blew across the road.

    In the 2008 election, Hillary Clinton lost but feminism won 2010

  • It was November in rural Iowa, and between the Hopperesque towns in which we were stopping we drove through farmland, and brittle leaves blew across the road.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Over the bar is a Hopperesque mural with Chinese people in it instead of lonely diners.

    The Double Life is Twice as Good Jonathan Ames 2009

  • Over the bar is a Hopperesque mural with Chinese people in it instead of lonely diners.

    The Double Life is Twice as Good Jonathan Ames 2009

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