striped

adjective

ˈstrīpt How to pronounce striped (audio)
ˈstrī-pəd
: having stripes or streaks

Examples of striped in a Sentence

the zebra is a black-and-white striped animal
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The talk show host is dressed in a colorful striped shirt with a black blazer and black pants, while Saint John rocks a fashionable white dress with black polka dots. Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 May 2025 Researchers from the San Francisco Estuary Institute found the chemicals in striped bass, largemouth bass, leopard shark, white croaker, white sturgeon and other fish collected between 2009 and 2019 throughout San Francisco Bay. Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 May 2025 Crew members in life jackets, striped shirts and white pants quickly leaped off to secure the ship with ropes, calling out instructions to one another in Spanish. Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Giannini said the lobsters that remain in the Sound fall victim to predation from several types of finfish like black sea and striped bass, which are both considered abundant. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for striped

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of striped was in 1567

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“Striped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/striped. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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striped

adjective
ˈstrīpt How to pronounce striped (audio)
ˈstrī-pəd
: having stripes or streaks

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