- present tense form of stripe (3rd person singular).
stripes
Example Sentences
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"There was such excitement around the whole of Whitley Bay - every shop had things in the windows, the blue and white stripes," says one of the volunteers, Jenn Robinson.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Thieves have exploited antiquated magnetic stripes on benefits cards to steal hundreds of millions of public dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Costume designer Maya Edmond dresses Big Ant thematically: white tees when he’s trying to be good, black duds when his demons are winning and comic book-y jailbird stripes during his pivotal teenage arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The researchers then arranged horizontal and vertical stripes in systematic combinations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
He recognized the gray and blue stripes of Cari’s sock sticking out from under a fallen bookcase.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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