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How to use yogi in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Yogi means a devotee or adherent of yoga. Example: “Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.”

Examples of yogi by meaning

nounA devotee or adherent of yoga.

  • Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.
  • It's a yogi trick of some sort.
  • There is a special healthy menu, and the yogis can all eat together if they choose, but there's none of the birdseed-and-bulgur-wheat diet of a typical retreat.2012 March 30, Lisa Allardice, The Guardian

verbTo turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.

  • I meet hundreds of people each year who have been New Thoughted, Mind Scienced, Eckankared, Rosicrucianed, l Amed, White Brotherhooded, Scientologied and, yes, even yogied — to the point of mental numbness.1971, Roy Eugene Davis, Darshan: the vision of light, page 190
  • He had followed Larry faithfully for two days, getting yelled at and grieved over and yogied into a pretzel and fucked over by all sorts of weirdoes who seemed to find him a nice object to act on.2015, Luke Rhinehart, The Search for the Dice Man, →ISBN, page 192

verbTo persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.

  • Ready to do some hiking now that we are through yogi-ing?1999, Ellen Wolfe, Walking the dream, →ISBN, page 138
  • We yogied this from day hikers for you.2012, Cheryl Strayed, Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found, →ISBN
  • You can also yogi food from other hikers and tourists.2013, Dan Feldman, Long-Distance Hiking, →ISBN, page 96

More sentences with yogi

  • "The yogi is really a warrior against his own ignorance," Rosen says.2008 Nov, Yoga Journal, page 76. From the entry virabhadrasana
  • The yogi is in this way the androgyne of prehistory reachieved.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry androgyne
  • There is an abode called mah lok where highly evolved gyanis and yogis go but they are again reborn on the earth planet.2002, Prakashanand Saraswati, The True History and the Religion of India: A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism, Delhi: Motilal…. From the entry gyani
  • For many doctors, meditation resides in the realm of New Age hooey—okay for Indian yogis and students of Eastern religion, but not suitable for scientific study.2006, Ronald H. Hoffman (with Sidney Stevens), How to Talk with Your Doctor: The Guide for Patients and Their Physicians Who Want to…. From the entry hooey
  • Cameron Alborzian, a yogi, ayurvedic therapist and onetime model (seen in these pictures), used to teach at Integral Yoga and has seen guys show up in all kinds of stuff.2009 January 29, David Colman, “Yoga and the Missing Boutique”, in New York Times. From the entry ayurvedic

Meaning of yogi

  1. noun A devotee or adherent of yoga.
  2. verb To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.
  3. verb To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.

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Questions about yogi in a sentence

How do you use yogi in a sentence?
Yogi is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.”
What is a short sentence with yogi?
“It's a yogi trick of some sort.”
What does yogi mean?
Yogi means a devotee or adherent of yoga.

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