rips
- present tense form of rip (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Long a lethal baseliner—no one rips it better—he’s added angles, texture and touch to make his game less predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The episode’s signature moment comes in a soliloquy from Gen Z hero Ava Daniels, in which she rips into the idea that A.I. is inevitable and talks about how we can and should fight it.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
"It rips any sense of future that you may feel that you had planned for yourself - all that goes."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Courtney rips the IV from her arm and escapes, barefoot and in a hospital gown.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
Leah rips up a paper straw wrapper, and they’re both holding giant Styrofoam cups of sweet tea from Chick-fil-A.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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