stripe
noun
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing.
stripes
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present tense formof stripe (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A line of graphics along one wall outlines the details of each shuttle mission — 135 in all — as vertical stripes of information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The billowing draperies are, respectively, lime green, chrome yellow, ultramarine blue and sienna brown, and the angels’ wings sport multihued stripes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The company says since at least March, White Fox has been selling and advertising clothes with four parallel stripes of equal width, which it claims is an infringement of Adidas's trademark.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Surrounded by undulating circles, spots and stripes, red-roofed Lebanese abodes and white-masted schooners traverse an unsettled horizon line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
As we filed past, Betsie and I drew two beautiful soft new ones; mine was white with blue stripes, Betsie’s white with red stripes—obviously the property of some well-to-do family.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
