How to Use hip in a Sentence

hip

noun
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  • And maybe brush up on your late-90s hip hop dance moves.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 May 2024
  • The second victim, a 29-year-old man, was shot to the right hip.
    — Jenna Smith, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • Over the past decade and a half, he’s been plagued by injuries in his hip and back.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But: Beware the effort to be cool — to be hip or with-it.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The worst of it began in 2016 after this third hip surgery.
    — Major Garrett, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Over 30 years ago hip hop inspired me to pick up a spray can.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There’s Ladies First, a new show about women in hip hop.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Hinging at the hips, with a slight knee bend, brace your core, push through the glutes, and pull the handles down.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The other victim, a 19-year-old man, was shot in his left hip.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 July 2023
  • Excess weight adds pressure and stress to your hips and knees.
    — Cory Martin, Health, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The bed is at hip height to minimize time spent bent or hunched over.
    — Janae McKenzie, House Beautiful, 5 Sep. 2023
  • At your hips, the IT band connects to the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Attached at the piece’s hip was a large floor-length taffeta bow, also in black.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
  • This also comes at the perfect time as this year marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Hinge Back Hinge at the hips and knees to send your butt back toward your heels, keeping your palms planted on the floor.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
  • Her dress consisted of a corset bodice with shoulder pads on top of the short sleeves, as well as a flower on the hip.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The latest to throw their hat into the ownership ring is hip hop icon Lil Wayne.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The bottom of the coat puffed out from underneath the tie, creating volume at the hip.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Latto, last year’s best new artist winner, won best female hip hop artist for the first time.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 June 2023
  • Ward has missed Houston’s first two games because of a hip injury.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Doug Richards said his brother broke his hip on Christmas in 2022 and had four hip surgeries.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Twist to make a chopping motion down toward your right hip.
    — Jennifer Cohen, Health, 18 June 2023
  • The Reds won Sunday in the return to the rotation of rising ace Hunter Greene, who skipped a start because of a sore hip.
    — Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 11 June 2023
  • Enjoy the desert with cozy comforts in one of the property's hip cabins.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2024
  • At a food bank just west of Denver, a migrant from Venezuela adds groceries to her cart as the child on her hip grips a banana.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
  • My father—a Naval officer—used to say that the length of a woman’s hair should be in proportion to the width of her hips.
    — Kathleen Baird-Murray, Vogue, 21 July 2023
  • This feels like a fitting way to think about hip hop in America after 50 years.
    — A.d. Carson, Spin, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Fascinated, McCartney snapped a photo of the gun on one of the cop’s hips — his face cropped out.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 June 2023
  • Running back Kyren Williams is coming off his first 100-yard game, and is nursing a hip injury.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • They’re made mostly of soft, comfortable cotton, with subtle fading at the hips.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024

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