How to Use strip in a Sentence
- She gets paid to dance and strip at the club.
- They stripped the room when they left.
- The prisoners were stripped naked.
- They stripped the table and refinished it.
- He stripped himself down to his underwear.
- The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork.
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We were stripped of our rights.
—Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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That time was stripped from her.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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The franchise was stripped from us.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 May 2026
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Settings are stripped down as well.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
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Much of that is being stripped from the game.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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It’s so stripped down, at least on the surface.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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Finance was stripped down to an app on your phone.
—Shivaas Gulati, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
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He has been stripped of being a prince, which was his birthright.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
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The Perrys strip all that away.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
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The Yamaha had been stripped down.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
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The force of the water stripped the fjord’s walls down to bare rock.
—Ezgi Karasözen, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
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The head shield, all of those tiles on the bottom, would be stripped off.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
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Then ‘Daddy’ said to strip naked.
—Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 21 June 2026
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If Elvis was ever cranky, that’s been stripped out.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Hot water can strip your skin and further dry it out.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
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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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He has already been stripped of his titles.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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But stripping also taught me how to stand firm in the face of that.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
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Why are some new stems stripped entirely of all their leaves?
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
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With the mask off and Aaron stripped down yet again, their walls start to come down.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
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They have been stripped down to the frame on the defensive line.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Radiant, brighter skin that feels clean — not stripped!
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
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Richard Mille’s latest three-hand watch has been stripped down to the bones.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026
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If your face feels tight or stripped after washing, your cleanser may be too harsh.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
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The younger of the two men strips.
—Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
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One of them would’ve gone for a strip-sack.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Slice five or six green shiso leaves in thin strips.
—Deputy Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
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Bar-hop your way down the strip and soak it in.
—Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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As the tar was peeled away, flesh came off in strips.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
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His nose is smeared with a white strip of sun cream.
—Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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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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Cover edge of crust with strips of foil.
—Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
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The opening date for the strip hasn't been set yet.
—Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
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Feed me memes and tinfoil and old-timey film strips.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 6 May 2026
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Forget strips, gels, and pastes.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
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Roll up a frank in a strip, and place on baking sheet.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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But this reprisal comes after many stints of strips on menus.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Tortilla chips or strips would be nice too for some crunch.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
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It was crafted from steel tubes and rolled flat steel strips.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Serve with sour cream, jalapeno, hot sauce, and tortilla strips.
—Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026
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There’s sort of a Möbius strip of logic there.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026
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None of the strips were the same level and color.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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The comic-strip world is better off for it.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
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Black and white with pops of red, strips of leather, and club lights are abundant.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
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Notice the bold gold type, the strip of light across the close up of her face.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
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Baechtel points to a strip of sand in the distance.
—Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
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Bundle leaves and cut them into wide strips.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
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Avoid allowing the gel strip to touch your gums.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
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The fish strip takes up the entire hand-sized tortilla.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
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Tie each strip loosely into a knot.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026
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His strip sack and forced fumble might’ve been the dagger.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
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The strips are thick-cut and expertly trimmed.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
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These bumpy strips will represent the bones.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Cut strips crosswise into very thin slices.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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