How to Use ripper in a Sentence

ripper

noun
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  • Greer tied the game on a ripper of a shot at 1:30 of the second period.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Kids Trucker hat looks cool, too, so your little ripper will fit right in with the rest of the crew.
    — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2019
  • Cut the handles off your NWPP sheets or use a seam ripper to take them out.
    — Alden Wicker, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Rask surrendered an Ovechkin ripper from the slot that no goalie would have stopped.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2019
  • There are soft finger grips that are located on both ends of the seam ripper.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 10 May 2021
  • Her 8-month-old daughter is perhaps the youngest artist in the room, and an expert paper ripper.
    — Agatha French, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019
  • This ripper from High ’n’ Dry is barely three minutes long but doesn’t give an inch.
    — Christa Titus, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2017
  • This news would make any fan of the bodice-ripper excited — even the likes of Lady Whistledown.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • But there was never a face-ripper of a crash over this entire period.
    — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Each one, to a fault, is lovestruck by snow, deeply introspective about their life choices, and a ripper.
    — Tracy Ross, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2021
  • This seam ripper is purple and white to give you easy identification.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 10 May 2021
  • In less than two months, Outlander is returning to the small screen, and now Starz has released the first full-length look at what's in store for everyone's favorite time-traveling bodice-ripper.
    — Emily Wang, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2018
  • No matter your age, stage or skill level, the local rippers seem especially chill and give equal time to flailing outsiders.
    — Barbara Odanaka, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • However, if the hair does get stuck, Homer suggests using either a safety letter opener or a seam ripper.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
  • These days, Chojnicka relies on a seam ripper, an instrument used by sewers to rip out stitches.
    — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Established pros frequently put on a show, along with pint-sized rippers and their silver-haired counterparts.
    — Barbara Odanaka, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The kit comes with a good variety of basics including needles, threads, scissors, buttons, a thimble, a needle threader, and a seam ripper.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The brouhaha contains all the elements of a steamy bodice-ripper: Passion, promises, and allegations of deception and lies.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022
  • She’s in high demand, though, so for the rest of us, there’s Taos’s new pro-guided experience, where a local ripper will show you secret stashes and the best way to get your tails into the fall line on the double blacks off West Basin Ridge.
    — Tim Neville, Outside Online, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Its CB Steep Guides program allows mid-to-advanced rippers to take advantage of the mountain’s steep bowls, tight tree lines, and chutes, which mimic the backcountry but are still patrolled in case things get real.
    — Candice Rainey, Esquire, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The Piano, a bodice-ripper set in her native New Zealand and so considered exotic, maybe romantic.
    — Armond White, National Review, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The machine also has geo-fencing technology, so parents can allow little rippers to wander off-road, but not too far off.
    — Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The surprise play George pulled off earlier this month was certified by a court, designed by a seam ripper, needle and thread, and executed by number 76, himself.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Local rippers patiently give way to wide-eyed newcomers.
    — Barbara Odanaka, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The resulting book reads like a bodice-ripper romance crossed with Judith Krantz, with plenty of feminist and multicultural seasoning thrown in to update the mix.
    — Tina Jordan, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Sandpaper ripper Everybody has a different take on this thing.
    — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2018
  • In celebration of all things Australian, Billboard has selected 17 little rippers to get some sunshine into your life.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2017
  • One reason police failed to arrest Sutcliffe earlier was because senior officers were misled by a hoax tape and letters from someone claiming to be the ripper.
    — Bloomberg.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Every subscription comes with a complimentary starter kit that includes a sharp set of floral shears, a custom re-usable floral grid (which is an easy-to-use alternative to floral tape), stem ripper, and ruler, along with a stylish lucite vase.
    — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • Steel shears designed to snip cars into confetti, ripper claw attachments capable of dismantling entire buildings, and a hydraulic concrete crusher attachment with jaws wide enough for a grown man to lie down in between that weighed nearly 10 tons.
    — Andrew Curry, WIRED, 26 June 2019

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