How to Use tripe in a Sentence

tripe

noun
  • That's just a load of tripe.
  • There has to be healing in all that tripe, brisket and tendon.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Treats that might appear in the steamers include duck feet and tripe.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The old market was a stronghold of tripe, a stomach part of a cow or pig.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • If using the tripe, place in a medium pot, covered with water.
    — Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The theologian who likened writing to sticking his hand in tripe.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2017
  • PetKind Tripe Dry is a grain-free dry dog food made with green tripe and bison.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Great work often seems to sit just on the precipice of failure; so much of what lights me up sits just shy of utter tripe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Discard the water and chop the tripe into thin strips, about 2-inches long.
    — Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Our pho bowls are crowded with slippery rice noodles, chunks of tendon and ribbons of tripe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Bottarga was all over the menu, right next to octopus, tripe, sea urchin and cured tuna heart.
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2024
  • La Luz’s menudo also has a big fan following, so if tripe’s your thing, grab a pint or 2 to go.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Leave a Note Come for the pots of tomatoey tripe and decent local wine list (rare in this area).
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Old world favorites include tripe, smelts, veal and peas, and braciola.
    — The Providence Journal, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Old world favorites include tripe, smelts, veal and peas, and braciola.
    — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The paper could well save a lot of money by not printing such foreign (to Alaska) tripe.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Drop by the taco truck on 69th Street for an order of crispy tripa (tripe) or carne asada tacos.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Simmering down khuy tiev, a rich beef stew of tripe, tongue, and marrow, is like a ritual, and not for the faint of heart.
    — Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The mild, lush broth has restorative, belly-warming properties, but the star is the superb tripe.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Restaurants serve memories of home, from Colombian-style ceviche to beef tripe soup.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Shame on them and shame of the student who actually believe the tripe being peddled.
    — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Order fresher-than-fresh pork buns and noodles from a cart or menu, and sample everything from tripe to clams in black bean sauce.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • With everything that is going on here in this country and the world, the Post publishes this tripe.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Luosifen has a reputation for a funk that rivals durian, but don’t believe the tripe.
    — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
  • On New Year's, it's often served with menudo, a tripe and hominy soup that is famously good for hangovers.
    — Amanda Kludt, CNN, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Meatballs bob on the surface beside slices of beef, tendon, liver, feathery tripe and comma curls of pig skin.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Visitors had been scarce, but Daniel Boulud had stopped in a month earlier, with cassoulet and tripe.
    — Rachel Felder, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
  • The first spoonful of kare-kare — a stew of oxtail and tripe, heavy with peanut butter and toasted rice powder — is startlingly bland.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • After all, a strong voice from inside the network denouncing the prime-time tripe will do far more than the hundreds of outside critics.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • And crisp tripe that doesn’t spare the funk hits a nice sizzling crisp without turning into the chewy surgical tubing so many other joints serve.
    — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 16 Dec. 2019

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