stripe

Example Sentences

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There was a horizontal stripe down the shirt, she said.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem’s iconic four-chord opening riff on a 1969 Fender Mustang, Lake Placid Blue with a signature racing stripe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

But after noticing a "horrendous black stripe" in his lounge within days of moving in, he has still not unpacked for fear damp will damage his belongings.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Elsewhere, a stripe of lemon yellow radiates against an inky background, interrupted by numerous dark patches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Here the sky opens up, and she hears the clacking of branches: that’s the narrow stripe of gardens behind the Gallery of Paleontology.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr