How to Use hip to in a Sentence

hip to

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  • Stand next to the seat and line it up with your hip to start.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Pot sellers love to use code words that the fuzz isn’t hip to.
    Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker, 17 May 2022
  • Put your hands on your head and your hands on your hip to stretch out the breast tissue.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Points are counted when the area from an opponent's hip to the top of their head is struck.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2021
  • That just shows how many people were fighting against this form of slavery once people got hip to it.
    Veronica Wells, Essence, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Dunst has an affordable blouson style, cut right at the hip to show off cool-girl trousers and skirts.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
  • That would give him an extra day off to allow the soreness in his right hip to dissipate.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
  • The city is moving to a dangerous new rhythm Jake hadn’t been hip to the day before.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The fact that so many users weren’t even hip to the correct pronunciation of her name says it all.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
  • As more people get hip to Recoechi, that can’t possibly stay the case.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Even the cheetahs, the leopard and bobcats are trained to put forward their shoulder or a hip to get a shot.
    Washington Post, 28 May 2021
  • My whole life’s work has been in Chicago and this is a school that is linked at the hip to our great, vibrant, artistic city.
    Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • However, that time has certainly passed, with airlines getting hip to the game.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
  • When shopping for the cut, make sure the leg runs straight from hip to ankle—think fitted at the thigh while getting roomier from knee down.
    Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
  • One of the primary muscles used is the gluteus medius, a muscle that lifts your leg to the side and rotates your hip to the outside.
    Greg Presto, Men's Health, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And beauty brands are clearly hip to those vibes, because this month's launches seem to be all about getting out there and giving your skin lots of love.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, honey isn’t new — the ancient Egyptians were hip to the sweet stuff long before today’s tastemakers.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
  • Researchers take a sample from Iceman’s hip to begin the sequencing process.
    Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2013
  • People are going to get hip to what’s happening, and everyone realizes there’s a piece of the pie to be had, and so forth.
    Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 20 Feb. 2023
  • But now that most viewers are hip to these product placements, the marketers and networks have stepped it up a notch to reclaim our attention again.
    Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2010
  • Canned seafood is such a spectacular flavor-bomb that Americans just haven’t gotten hip to.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 12 June 2022
  • Being hip to a good barbecue joint -- especially those that are small, quirky and/or obscure – is as cool as knowing the best dive bars.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 6 June 2023
  • We're still glued together, hip to hip, holding each other up, not covering as much of the floor, but owning & loving the space that's ours.
    Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The pair Dua rocked is roomy from the hip to the ankle, in the same way that one of '90s fashion's most memorable pieces of clothing were.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Beer lovers are already hip to Cincy Beerfest, which boasts hundreds of craft beers from more than 120 breweries.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 11 May 2021
  • Watch collectors are a savvy lot, by and large, and some are both happy to invest in the romance and hip to the realities of modern watchmaking.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
  • And the inside seatbelt anchor is too far forward of the hip to provide any useful longitudinal restraint.
    David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
  • The shorts also have a zipper and flap pocket on either hip to store your small belongings, and it’s built with an elastic waistband and drawstring for an adjustable fit.
    Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
  • That tense encounter ends with the cop pulling a trick that could have had deadly consequences; but, Harry is hip to it and saves both himself and the handyman from a bullet.
    Washington Post, 2 May 2022
  • This fashion-forward style features a very noticeable curve from the hip to the ankle, and that distinct shape is only going to keep getting more visible in the months ahead.
    Andrea Bossi, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026

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