- present tense form of stripe (3rd person singular).
stripes
Example Sentences
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Borrowers of all stripes will have to adjust—not least the Western governments that have spent and borrowed as if near-zero interest rates would last forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
First up was a short-sleeved button-up with blue stars and seashells, as well as red stripes made out of different fish.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Scattered along the walls of the studio were tidy heaps of scarves and mesh, rainbows of stripes, every shade of ballet pink, Uggs of every height.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Obediently, we scan the ends and tops of logs, looking between low scrub and patches of vivid wildflowers for a flash of stripes or a dart of movement.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I am looking at an ocean so clear and so blue that when a long silver fish comes to inspect what I have just tossed in, I can see the yellow stripes on his back.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
