How to Use "Strip" with Example Sentences

strip (v): to take clothes off; to remove something

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Used with adverbs:

"He stripped completely down to his underwear."
(completely)

"The prisoners were stripped down to their waist."
(down)

"He tried to strip off the peeling paint."
(off, away)

Used with prepositions:

"We stripped off our clothes and jumped in the lake."
(off)

"The bark was stripped from the tree by a squirrel."
(from)

"The athlete was stripped of his medals after admitting to using drugs."
(of)

strip (n): a long, narrow piece; the act of taking clothes off

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Used with adjectives:

"She told the children to cut the paper into thick strips."
(thick, thin, long, wide, tiny, narrow)

"The magnetic strip on my credit card is damaged."
(magnetic)

"He wanted to have chicken strips for dinner."
(chicken, steak)

"The airplane missed the landing strip."
(landing)

Used with nouns:

"His friends took him to a strip bar."
(bar, club, joint, show)

"The police did a strip search on him."
(search)

"Have you ever played strip poker."
(poker)

Used with prepositions:

"She used narrow strips of tissue paper for decoration."
(of)

"She told me to cut the paper into thin strips."
(into)