How to Use "Rip" with Example Sentences

rip (v): to tear a piece of paper or fabric

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Used with nouns:

"She ripped her stocking."
(stocking, dress)

"I ripped a hole in my jeans."
(hole)

"I accidentally ripped the fabric."
(fabric, cloth, paper, sheet, page, paper)

Used with adverbs:

"He angrily ripped up the contract."
(angrily, furiously)

"She accidentally ripped her dress on the corner of the table."
(accidentally)

rip (n): a tear in a piece of paper or fabric

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Used with adjectives:

"There is a small rip in her blouse."
(small, large, big)

Used with nouns:

"There was a small rip in the fabric."
(fabric, paper, page, cloth)

Used with verbs:

"She made a rip in the shirt."
(made)

"The rip in his pants is getting bigger."
(be + getting, keeps getting)

"I have a rip in my stockings."
(have, got)