How to Use strip away in a Sentence

strip away

phrasal verb
Definition of strip awaynext
  • With bark stripped away, the marks of his chisel are boldly expressed.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
  • Gone was the puffed chest and the raucous machismo, stripped away to demonstrate that there’s resilience in frailty, too.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • However, that would be stripped away if the ban is upheld.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This was a time for submission, as the mirage of Arab power was stripped away.
    — Nadifa Mohamed, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022
  • Ramirez’s other body guards has been stripped away through trades or injuries.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Now, in just 24 hours, that sense of security had been stripped away.
    — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • After their early morning game, the Fading Stars came off the ice and stripped away their gear.
    — Andrew Keh Bryan Meltz, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • The creamy duo smooths down cuticles and reforms split ends with squalane — the very lipid that routine abuse strips away.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • What could men look like if that weight of masculinity were stripped away?
    — Elena Giardina, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For a scrub that evens your texture without stripping away your skin, this Biossance pick is the one for you.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • At least some of the state's delegates are also likely to be stripped away if the state's schedule doesn't change.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In many ways, western medicine strips away the humanity to care, and that's what was missing for me.
    — Camryn J. Wells, Parents, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Changes on the outside, such as stripping away a thunderbolt port.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The measure also threatens to strip away the rights of parents to be notified about their child’s health care.
    — Frank Larose, National Review, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But in a new clip, the rapper is stripping away all the facade and letting fans get to see the person underneath.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024
  • As a result of the scheduling dispute, at least some of the state's delegates are likely to be stripped away.
    — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • This can later be reduced—that is, the oxygen can be stripped away—back into iron powder.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2023
  • Harsh products, like exfoliants and soaps, strip away moisture and oil.
    — Gabrielle Kassel, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The cycle had come for him again, the same relentless anguish that had drained the enjoyment from his life and stripped away his N.B.A. career.
    — Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 19 June 2023
  • So many people with a uterus have been feeling this, that their literal rights are being stripped away.
    — As Told To Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Biolage's Scalp Sync won't strip away the natural oils in your hair and will leave your color shiny and vibrant.
    — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 1 June 2023
  • A lot of its moisture may get stripped away by the mountains, but some patchy light rain or wet snow is possible after midnight.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And Roe was no match for an extreme opposition that kept stripping away access, one group at a time.
    — Andrea Miller, ELLE, 21 June 2023
  • Mimicking light and shadows helps to keep the dimension that passport booth lighting tends to strip away.
    — Twiggy Jalloh, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The goal of this book was to strip away, as much as possible, the things that don’t matter to our ordinary daily existence and focus on the things that do.
    — Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the economic reports on inflation the Fed concentrates on try and strip away the most volatile items such as food and energy.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Essentially, when glycolic acid strips away the top layer of dead cells, new, healthy ones swoop in to replace them.
    — Mara Santilli, SELF, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That’s because the 28-year-old K-pop rapper strips away the artificials, like pre-planned lyrics or a thought out message, and looks inward to see what’s beneath.
    — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
  • As words are stripped away, nonchalance also fades, leaving in its wake something hotter and raw.
    — Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • Since doesn’t strip away as many oils as traditional shampoo and may leave your hair feeling slightly greasy, this may not be the best option for those with oily hair and scalps.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023

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