Example sentences for: hipsters

How can you use “hipsters” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Despite a nice turn by Murphy, "it's hard to miss the basic unfunniness of the situation," says Maslin ( New York Times ). Makeup artist Rick Baker wins kudos for transforming Lawrence and Murphy from young 1930s hipsters into aging '90s geezers.

  • The numbers in the above sentence indicate the beginning of each phrase and subordinate clause-- (1) adverb clause: “When people who swing want to see what's happening” modifies the verb try in the main clause; (2) adjective clause: “who swing” modifies the noun people ; (3) infinitive phrase: “to see what's happening” acts as the direct object of the verb want ; (4) noun clause: “what's happening” acts as the direct objective of the infinitive “to see”; (5) gerund phrase: “attending parties given by hipsters” acts as the direct object of the verb try ; (6) participial phrase: “given by hipster” modifies the noun parties ; (7) perpositional phrase: “by hipsters” modifies the passive participle given . In subsequent sentences I shall provide numbers but leave the reader to identify the structures, which will appear in varying orders, so as to avoide cluttering the discussion with labyrinthine explanations like this one.

  • This isn't the Pan Am whose old carry-on bags are all the rage with urban hipsters.

  • 1 When people 2 who swing want 3 to see 4 what's happening, they try 5 attending parties 6 given by hipsters.

  • I love that the drive for tourist-free fun is coming full circle, pushing hipsters back on the beaten path.


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