STRIP in a Sentence
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125 example sentences for STRIP, such as:
1. The runway is simply a strip of grass.
2. I stripped and washed myself all over.
3. He was stripped naked and left in a cell.
4. They strip the clothes from a man's back.
5. The doctor told him to strip down for a check.
2. I stripped and washed myself all over.
3. He was stripped naked and left in a cell.
4. They strip the clothes from a man's back.
5. The doctor told him to strip down for a check.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of STRIP
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strip
v. take away possessions from someone
n. an airfield without normal airport facilities
Classic Sentence: (104 in 7 pages)
1 Leaning forward, he touched the farther end of the strip of brown stuff that she was hemming.
2 She sat silent, her hands clasped on her work, and it seemed to him that a warm current flowed toward him along the strip of stuff that still lay unrolled between them.
3 On its back was pasted a strip of coarse brown wrapping paper, inscribed in pale homemade ink.
4 Her hands were chilled and she paused to rub them together and to scuff her feet deeper into the strip of old quilting wrapped about them.
5 But in most creatures, nay in man himself, very often the brow is but a mere strip of alpine land lying along the snow line.
6 North of the house, inside the ploughed fire-breaks, grew a thick-set strip of box-elder trees, low and bushy, their leaves already turning yellow.
7 I was wondering whether that particular rocky strip of New England coast about which he had so often told me was Cleric's patria.
8 The latest straggler had returned from his fell employment, only to strip himself of the terrific emblems of his bloody calling, and to join in the lamentations of his countrymen, as a stricken people.
9 I still made him no answer, nor did I move to strip myself.
10 St. Clare was a good deal affected at the sight of it; the little book had been rolled in a long strip of black crape, torn from the funeral weeds.
11 Therefore let's live the mental life, and glory in our spite, and strip the rotten old show.
12 The man took a piece of rag from a satchel containing sewing materials, tore off a strip, which, like everything else, was tinged red, and proceeded to bind up the wound.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
13 Between the wharf and the bedroom window is a narrow strip, which is dry at low tide but is covered at high tide with at least four and a half feet of water.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
14 Neither the flowers nor the earth showed any sign of having been disturbed, nor were there any marks upon the narrow strip of grass which separated the house from the road.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
15 When you asked me to believe that she walked along a narrow strip of grass without once making a false step, I remarked, as you may remember, that it was a noteworthy performance.
Example Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 I was almost tempted to strip off and plunge straight into the pool.
2 Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place.
3 The doctor told him to strip down for a check.
4 The city is notorious for its red light district and strip clubs.
5 They ordered us to strip and lie down on the grass.
6 Please strip the beds and put the sheets in the washing machine.
7 I had to strip down to my underwear for my medical examination.
8 The movie aims to strip away the lies surrounding Kennedy's life and death.
9 The runway is simply a strip of grass.
10 They strip the clothes from a man's back.
11 He then showed us how to strip the bark from the logs in sheets, rather than just scraping it off in the usual way.
12 He was stripped naked and left in a cell.
13 One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.
14 I stripped and washed myself all over.
15 Jay stripped his clothes off and ran into the sea.