How do you use Hippy in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hippie or hipster, plus the exact meaning.
Hippy in a sentence
Hippy meaning
Alternative spelling of hippie.
Using Hippy
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of hippie.
- Useful related words include: hippie, hipster, flower child, reformer.
- In the example corpus, hippy often appears in combinations such as: the hippy, was hippy, hippy crack.
Context around Hippy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hippy
- In this selection, "hippy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alternative, boba, fat, crack, way and advocate stand out and add context to how "hippy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1960s when hippy power was and a collapsed hippy colony on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hippy" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hippy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A dungareed, grey-bearded hippy looks possessed by the beats. (10 words)
Van life: Is living in a campervan the ultimate hippy dream? (11 words)
Nitrous oxide, a class C drug, is also known as 'hippy crack' or laughing gas. (15 words)
As a result, it has become known for being a destination for escapists from across Europe in pursuit of an alternative 'hippy' way of life, while there have also been reports of cults operating in the region and in the wider Occitanie area. (43 words)
Herron’s incisive portraits, of everyone from Sarah’s awful husband, Mark, to her hippy friend, Wigwam, are as pitch perfect as ever, and even if you’ve read this series before, it’s worth reminding yourself of its excellence. (40 words)
Fifteen years ago, Karen Bell’s three children – Bon 18 months, Maddie 5, and Jack 7, were found with their dead father Gary Bell in a vehicle at Perico – a collapsed hippy colony on the NSW far south coast. (39 words)
Van life: Is living in a campervan the ultimate hippy dream? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a result, it has become known for being a destination for escapists from across Europe in pursuit of an alternative 'hippy' way of life, while there have also been reports of cults operating in the region and in the wider Occitanie area.
In 1947 there was a hippy advocate called Eden Ahbez discovered living under the letter L. He was also the writer of the Nat King Cole hit song Nature Boy.
Speaking to KentOnline in October, Sev Michaels, the boss of Teastones Boba Hippy in Sun Street, said she believed bubble tea's popularity had surged because youngsters regard it as "their cocktail".
The guitar giveaway is an ingenious method of promoting their second single on Fat Hippy – All Systems Go.
They were young, idealistic, almost hippy-leaning, but on 4 May 1970 their idealism was suddenly shattered.
Too much emphasis on hippy wake-up sounds rather than a choice of standard beep tones (you're stuck with just one).
Van life: Is living in a campervan the ultimate hippy dream?
As recently as 2021, former Love Island start was spotted seemingly inhaling hippy crack at a party with friends.
Fifteen years ago, Karen Bell’s three children – Bon 18 months, Maddie 5, and Jack 7, were found with their dead father Gary Bell in a vehicle at Perico – a collapsed hippy colony on the NSW far south coast.
Figures released in December showed Gen Z are now shunning drugs, with usage rates in students halving since the 90s as speed, cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis and hippy crack fell out of favour.
Herron’s incisive portraits, of everyone from Sarah’s awful husband, Mark, to her hippy friend, Wigwam, are as pitch perfect as ever, and even if you’ve read this series before, it’s worth reminding yourself of its excellence.
Nitrous oxide, a class C drug, is also known as 'hippy crack' or laughing gas.
Respectably, all of one’s preconceived stereotypes about Joshua Tree being a hippy, artsy, spiritual type place came to fruition here – and that’s not a complaint.
The event was a sell out (Image: Madron History Group) “With reference to the play, it took us back to the 1960s, when hippy power was in vogue.
The three, with the wide-eyed hippy help of Feste, the ‘court’ jester, played melodically and thoughtfully by Deborah Hay (Grand’s ), devise a device.
From one old hippy to another, I prefer to have some control over what I inhale.
It led them to Terania Creek, a pocket of cheap farmland not far from the hippy epicentre of Australia, Nimbin, in NSW’s lush north-east.
Shirley is looking at trays of moderately priced rings when in comes the black tornado himself, all shiny brown leather gear, hippy necklace and dark glasses.
The two men at the heart of the show are best friends and total opposites—one is a straight white hippy, the other is black, gay, conservative—and they support each other, joke and fight like brothers.
A dungareed, grey-bearded hippy looks possessed by the beats.
Common combinations with hippy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: