How to Use rip in a Sentence

rip

1 of 2 verb

• I ripped the poster off the wall.
• The sink had been ripped from the wall.
• The dog ripped the pillow to shreds.
• The force of the explosion ripped a hole in the wall.
• She ripped the fabric in half.
• He ripped the page out of the magazine.
• He ripped open the package.
• He ripped the letter from my hands.
• Her coat ripped when it caught on the doorknob.
• She ripped off her mask.
• If so, rip it up and start over.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
• Half my hair had been ripped out here.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
• The heart had been ripped out of the team.
  — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
• Many of the ads have been ripped and torn.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
• Jeff whacked it on the head, then ripped a gill.
  — Kim Cross, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
• She is thrown to the ground, the chain ripped from her neck.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
• Our sound system was ripped out.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Instead, she got ripped away from me.
  — CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
• The top of her chimney was ripped from the house.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
• The men tried to rip away items from the victim.
  — Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 21 June 2026
• Ross said the plows ripped the cushions from the street.
  — Joe Holden, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
• Large branches were ripped away and strewn across her yard.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
• Cuts aren’t clean and sometimes leave a torn or ripped edge.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026
• The blast ripped through her right leg — shredding flesh and bone.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• They are sold whole and meant to be ripped and dipped into schmears.
  — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 3 June 2026
• Teel ripped a pitch down the first-base line in the sixth inning.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
• George made a good good play and the line gave me enough time to rip it in there.
  — Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
• The bear had raked a paw down the back of the tent, ripping it wide open.
  — Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
• Reynolds then ripped a base hit past the third baseman to push across two runs.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
• Collins then ripped a single to left field to drive in the game's first run.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026

rip

2 of 2 noun

• Scroll down to see a rip of that one.
  — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
• That was nothing against the rip curl.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Into a rip that will pull you way out there.
  — Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2026
• Some stuffing gaped out of the rips on the back.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
• The rip at the seat of her jeans started to grow.
  — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 5 Oct. 2025
• But the rip was strong and their feet were moving in the wet sand too.
  — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
• Good luck with your Bowman rips.
  — Corey Merriman, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• Make sure all windows and doors have screens and are free of rips, tears or holes.
  — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 24 Aug. 2023
• The radio rip on cassette had run its course.
  — Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
• Old varsity tees and low-rise sweats with a rip in the crotch?
  — Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Jan. 2023
• Grade the episode below, then let ‘er rip in the comments!
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2025
• The mattress proved durable against punctures, tears, and rips.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• The crossbar cracks, the netting rips.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
• So, once the oil market settles, the rip will be sold and oil will come back down.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
• The stitching is well done, and there are no obvious snags or rips.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
• The mattress is comfortable to sleep on and durable against rips and tears.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• Trump’s reset rips it back to its DNA.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
• The lights are low enough to hide flaws like duct tape covering rips in the seating.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023
• Elsewhere on the eastern seaboard, the rip tides were deadly.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• Some signs to never ignore are yellow or brown stains, rips, or a musty smell.
  — Jane Kim, The Spruce, 27 May 2026
• Or at least an extra-determined bong rip.
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
• Check for stains, fading, rips, odors, and mold before bagging up these items.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
• Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
• His salty teen-boy cologne clung to his T-shirt, which had little rips at the neckline.
  — Sarah Stankorb, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
• Biden regained his balance, checked his suit pants for a rip, then walked the rest of the stairs and gave a salute.
  — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2021
• After 100 miles of use, there were no rips in the seams or gauges in the soles from sharp rocks.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
• The singer-songwriter then stood up and turned around to prove the rip to the audience.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• Forecasts predict waves of three to five feet, with strong rip and structural currents.
  — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
• There’s my friend who rushed out the day after Pearl Harbor to buy a rip saw.
  — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
• Every scratch, fold, and delicious rip—what if those told a story, too?
  — The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2022