How to Use life hack in a Sentence

life hack

noun
  • Satin Pull-On Pants To me, satin pants are the ultimate life hack.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Instead of spending your few spare moments on some life hack, use that time to live your life.
    Josh Gondelman, SELF, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Yes, even birth control is viral on TikTok these days, and in many posts the life hack is…to stop using birth control.
    Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Through graphics and messaging, the brand ensures that this life hack of wisdom is shared with more people.
    Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Margiela might be the father of fashion invention, but the taping practice started out as a sort of life hack.
    Vogue, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The TikTok video showcasing this life hack was first published in late 2019 but started making the rounds again not too long ago.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Life would be a lot easier if there were rules, algorithms, and life hacks solving that problem once and for all.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Lauren Goode: On a lighter note, my recommendation is something of a life hack.
    WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • Unlike much of TikTok’s content, this wasn’t a quick-fix life hack but a 12-month commitment to reading a novel that is very weighty, in all senses.
    Kristen Hartke, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Amazon has harnessed a common life hack for the slightly forgetful, and AI-using, music fan in all of us and turned it into a new chart.
    Marc Schneider, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The formula, broken down month by month, isn’t so much a life hack as a meticulous approach to maximized chilling.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Lame rose to viral fame by silently mocking complicated life hack videos.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 23 June 2022
  • In addition to the life hack videos, Lame also posts short comedy skits that feature his expressive reactions – but no words.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 23 June 2022
  • But over the last few years, tiny homes have morphed from a millennial lifestyle trend or life hack into a potential solution to the housing crisis.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Earlier this week, a life hack was revealed that may have singlehandedly contributed to the iPhone X shortage.
    Marissa Miller, Teen Vogue, 27 Oct. 2017
  • TikTok has become a tool for finding life hacks and helpful tips for plenty of things: quick recipes, outfit suggestions, cleaning techniques and dating advice.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • VandeHei, Allen, and Schwartz have given us a book that, like weight loss books, presents an age-old problem as though no one’s ever thought to confront it before, then offers a series of clichéd solutions as some sort of novel life hack.
    Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In videos of him wordlessly doing things like flipping a pot lid for storage space (responding to a life hack video), the unemployed Italian began to garner 1 million followers per day.
    Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Just consider the volume of social media content devoted to life hacks, how-tos, DIY and infographics dissecting how things work.
    Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Why scorpions are ‘a legitimate concern’ for children Matthews has garnered millions of views while sharing more than 100 parenting and life hacks on her social media accounts (@xokiamatthews).
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023

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