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How to use hack in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, interjection

Hack means to chop or cut down in a rough manner. Example: “They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.”

Examples of hack by meaning

verbTo chop or cut down in a rough manner.

  • They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
  • Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as...
  • Scenes that contain more flesh or affection than they find savoury are simply hacked out of the film before it is released.1981 February 14, Alexander Wilson, “The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective”, in Gay Community News, volume 8...

verbTo withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

  • Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?
  • But the fear some residents have of the violent reactions to the protests here is adding a new challenge to those asking themselves whether they can hack the city.2020 June 5, Alyson Krueger, “The Agonizing Question: Is New York City Worth It Anymore?”, in New York Times

verbTo make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes...

  • I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.

verbTo accomplish a difficult programming task.

  • He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.

verbTo work with something on an intimately technical level.

  • I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.

verbTo apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

  • I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.

verbTo hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.

  • FACT: The People’s Republic of China (China) and their proxies bought, stole, or hacked as many as 220 million Americans’ voter registration data.2026 July 30, “The White House Government Transparency Task Force Fact Sheet”, in The White House, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026

verbTo gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

  • When I logged in to the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked.

More sentences with hack

  • A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.From the entry hacking
  • They accused the cook of being a hack, claiming that the soup was tasteless.From the entry tasteless
  • The hack comic produced a rubber chicken, to the groans and boos of the audience.From the entry rubber chicken
  • I couldn't hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia.From the entry jump ship
  • I don't know if I can hack it here; the work is too hard for me.From the entry hack it
  • It'll take a hacking run to find the roots of such a Byzantine bug.From the entry hacking run
  • Some madlad hacked the school website to give everyone an extra day off.From the entry madlad
  • Their account was hacked too? Welp, another one bites the dust.From the entry another one bites the dust
  • I have always had an academic interest in hacking.From the entry academic
  • Reading business biographies is interesting, but they are not cookbooks that can teach hacks how to be greats.From the entry cookbook
  • She hacked and slashed her way across the jungle.From the entry slash
  • A hacker hacked into his computer account yesterday.From the entry hacker
  • They hacked his password and finally got in.From the entry get in
  • They accused the designer of being a tasteless hack.From the entry tasteless
  • I'm totally hacked off about having to work all weekend.From the entry hacked off
  • The passwordless server was soon hacked.From the entry passwordless
  • A hacking cough is most commonly observed in chronic catarrh of the upper air-passages, in pharyngitis and laryngitis, and especially in beginning pulmonary tuberculosis; hence its importance.From the entry hacking cough
  • He took a wild slash at the ball but the captain saved the team's skin by hacking it clear and setting up the team for a strike on the goal.From the entry slash
  • In short: TikTok hair trends and hacks are really, truly major game changers.2023 January 3, Samantha Holender, “The 10 Best TikTok Hair Trends Are Styling Game Changers”, in Marie Claire. From the entry hairfluencer
  • But even those with the stomach for hodling must avoid an even bigger issue — hacking.2021 April 25, Erin Griffith, “We’re All Crypto People Now”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry hodl
  • Woke comedians turned political hacks have a weird power over young minds ignoring facts.2021, Karen Kellock, Contagious Madness, page 52. From the entry antiwhiteism
  • Even more sedate accounts agree that, like Thomas Cromwell, she was hacked about by a second-string executioner.2017, Hilary Mantel, “How Do We Know Her? The Secrets of Margaret Pole”, in Mantel Pieces, published 2020. From the entry hack about
  • Maybe we can hack cryophase, just sleep for thousands of years on your ship, become space vampires.2016, Gardner Dozois, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 29, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry genship
  • In fact if they didn’t hack around a bit I’d never have hired them.2016, Luke Rhinehart, chapter 1, in Invasion. From the entry hack around
  • How can I make my PC completely secure from any type of virus and hacking?2015 January 15, Jack Schofield, “Ask Jack: How Can I Make My PC Completely Secure?”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original…. From the entry PEBCAK
  • I said I'd pay for the hack, so you can just stop fustering about it.2014, Diana Pharaoh Francis, The Cipher, →ISBN. From the entry fuster
  • Something had hacked, chewed, or lawn-mowed what was left of the television cord.2014, J.L. Hammer, Nothing but Trouble. From the entry lawnmow
  • And ifin ya don't, I'll be obliged ta hack off yer pretty little ear wif me blade.2013 October 18, Thom Thomas, ...Give or Take a Shilling.: Discovery, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 380. From the entry glom
  • The creature cursed and grunted as the Justicar hacked his sword into its armored hide.2013, Paul Kidd, White Plume Mountain, →ISBN. From the entry justicar

Meaning of hack

  1. verb To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
  2. verb To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
  3. verb To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

Full definition of hack

Questions about hack in a sentence

How do you use hack in a sentence?
Hack is used as a verb, noun and interjection. For example: “They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.”
What is a short sentence with hack?
“I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.”
What does hack mean?
Hack means to chop or cut down in a rough manner.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hack (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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