Example Sentences

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The first goal was to transform “a $65 billion industry that had been ripping consumers off for decades … by creating our own vertically integrated brand.”

From Forbes • Jun. 23, 2014

All across the U.S., investors were raging at the discovery that Wall Street high rollers had been ripping off millions of dollars by trading on knowledge not available to the general public.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Grom Final Kilian Raust was hungry for the win, he had been ripping all weekend and looked to be the favorite.

From Time Magazine Archive

They weren’t tired, not even a little, judging by the way they had been ripping through the night, but they stopped dead.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

I was stiff and awkward, in a moment I should say he had been ripping.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier