How to Use strip in a Sentence
- The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork.
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Trees might in time be stripped of their foliage, and leaves would fly in the wind.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
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Attendance has dropped to last in the league as the team has been stripped of its stars.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
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The detail of the work suggests stripping back the door plug to its bare frame to undertake the checks.
—Danny Lee, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
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Some of the barns were barely standing, stripped to their wooden beams by the water.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
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Queen stripped Mitchell while bringing him down for a quick gain, firing up the defense.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2023
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Those that were not uprooted were stripped of their bark.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
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If a man proved to be a bad leader, the clan would strip him of his tribal position.
—Mona Gable, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
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The nurses, for example, stripped his bandages all at once, as per the cliché.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
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He was stripped to his boxers, a T-shirt and socks before being placed in a cell alone.
—Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
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Here’s what the Long Beach community can expect from the new program and how the test strips work.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
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When stripping out gas and food, the core CPI cooled for the sixth month in a row and was up 4.1% annually off a 0.3% monthly gain.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
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At the station, she is required to strip and, literally, can’t hide the scars from the fight with Betty.
—Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 15 May 2023
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Over the next 150 years or so, collectors like Pugh stripped the region of its ancient past.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
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The scene when my character had to strip was terrifying to me.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
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Overnight, people are stripped of their rights, denied health care, and returned to the status of pariahs.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023
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In some ways, the looming terror of the annual Ohio State beatdown stripped some joy from the journey that should have been tapped.
—J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
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Roll each strip over a pencil or use a scissor blade to carefully curve the cut strips upward.
—Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
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In response to widespread criticism, the army has said detainees are stripped to check them for weapons.
—Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
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That’s because those little (or large) strips (or strip, as the case may be) of hair serve a few critical functions.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
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The 1792 home was restored in a way that stripped it down to its essence: A vaulted ceiling in the main, open living area exposes wood beams.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2023
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Trying to strip song ideas down to their core before getting too caught up in the production side of things and adding more layers to it.
—Danny Klein, SPIN, 12 May 2023
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Such an event within the first 100 million years of the star's birth could end up stripping a planet of its atmosphere.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 29 July 2023
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This rendition sees the pair stripping the song back, with Bieber joining in on vocals.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
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The once intriguing opening has been stripped of tension.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2023
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When stripping out energy and food prices, the core PCE index showed prices increased 4.1% in June from the year before.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
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The siding was stripped to the cinder block; a floor lamp silhouetted one empty room.
—Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
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Post Malone is stripping things back for the rollout for his fifth studio album, Austin.
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 28 July 2023
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Plus, most refined carbs are stripped of fiber and vitamins and can lead to spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels.
—Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
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And last but not least, Gaga stripped down to her black bra, fishnet tights, and underwear while pulling a hot pink wagon full of rosé and pink cowboy hats.
—Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
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Then tie the husk ends with strips of husks or kitchen string.
—Scott Peacock, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2023
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Wrap the strip into a ring large enough to hold an egg and secure with glue.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
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Over the past 24 hours, Israel Air Force jets struck more than 60 targets across the strip.
—Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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And there’s perhaps no show off the strip better known than Cirque du Soleil.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
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With less mess and fuss, Breezeo strips enable you to take care of your clothing with ease!
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
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Wide strips of crust form a pleasing design that shows off the stone fruit in this slab pie.
—Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 29 July 2023
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Natural gas and oil fields lie in a strip along the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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Make sure the rigid plastic strip, which presses the foam tightly against the door gap, is on the side away from the door and not flat against it.
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2023
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This strip is bustling with bars, restaurants and boutiques.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
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The three main modes are trays, an application pen and strips.
—Korin Miller, wsj.com, 20 Sep. 2023
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To Corley’s right was a guy balancing a stack of trays filled with New York strip steaks.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
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Some people make this dish with noodle dumplings, which are flat strips of dough cooked in the soup, rather than on top of it.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
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Slide the eggs onto a cutting board, then cut into strips.
—Becky Krystal, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Hot-glue a dowel between two green strips, right down the center.
—Amanda Kingloff, Parents, 2 Feb. 2024
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Over the grill, Stone is serving up cuts of meat such as a New York strip and a cowboy ribeye for two.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2023
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The light strip was easy to sync up with our smartphone, and the app was intuitive to navigate.
—Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
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Take the mahogany strips that will comprise the foredeck: These are curved by steam, a practice that also dates back to the Vikings.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2024
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This pair has a super high-waisted fit with a no-slip strip to keep them in place under clothes.
—Alex Warner, Peoplemag, 6 May 2023
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The chain offers chicken sliders and chicken strips served over white bread or rice and coleslaw.
—Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2023
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Food aid entered the north of the strip for the first time in weeks yesterday, with fears mounting of an imminent famine.
—NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
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See the unveiling of his star on the coveted strip, below.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2023
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More than a million Palestinians are crammed into the tiny strip of land along the border with Egypt.
—Susannah George, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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Anti-slip silicone strips at the top and bottom further work to keep it in place.
—Jenna Clark, Women's Health, 30 Mar. 2023
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The deputy had been trying to get in front of the fleeing vehicle to place spike strips in the road, authorities said.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
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The stripper also comes with an adjustable stopper to control the length of the core strip directly.
—Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
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The restaurant will also have a carving station with roasted strip steak, smoked salmon and desserts.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024
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The logo gives a pop of reflective metallic contrast and the quilting runs as strips along the length of the strap, giving it a distinct look.
—Tim Barribeau, wsj.com, 27 Oct. 2023
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And there’s an extra step in the process that requires you to leave the swab in the testing solution for one minute before dropping it on the test strip.
—Nsisong Asanga, Health, 12 May 2023
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The chair crashed onto the Broadway strip, not far from two police officers.
—Avi Selk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
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The organization also purchased a 65-foot strip dividing one of his fields for power lines.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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