rip

Example Sentences

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Look away from Humphrey for a half second—zooooop!—Humphrey will rip it into the net.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“You don’t want to come rip a street up twice.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

There is one important metric, however, that hasn’t moved much as the rally has continued to rip higher: While prices have climbed, forward price-to-earnings ratios for semiconductors have hardly budged.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

"I've either got to pack up and sell up or rip all of these out so that I can stay here," she added.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

He was tall and skinny, skinnier than Dari even, in a way that looked like his bones might rip right through his skin with one wrong move.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller