Literary notes about strip (AI summary)
In literature "strip" functions as a multifaceted term, employed both in its literal sense to denote a narrow piece or band of material or land—as when authors describe a fragment of canvas, a slender tract of turf, or even a marked section of architectural design [1, 2, 3]—and in its figurative sense to signify the act of removing or denuding. Writers invoke it to vividly portray physical actions such as disrobing individuals or dismantling garments [4, 5], to depict the forceful taking away of honor or possessions [6, 7, 8], and to strip away layers of meaning to reveal deeper truths or hidden aspects beneath the surface [9, 10]. Additionally, the term lends itself to richly descriptive passages that capture both the delicate nuance of material slivers and the dramatic intensity of transformation, whether in landscapes or in the metaphorical stripping of identity [11, 12, 13].
- About a mile ahead of us, however, was what appeared to be a strip of firm land, and for this we steered.
— from She by H. Rider Haggard - Layout the strip of canvas on the floor and cut one end square; measure up 8 inches along the edge and draw a line to the other corner.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America - Hair brought forward in fringe over forehead on either side of median strip, and hanging down back of neck.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - "Come, strip thy jacket off and I will show thee, for I tell thee I like thy clothes well.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle - "We're going to have to strip off totally naked," said Willem.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka - Strip him of his uniform, and he would have soon picked his side.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser - One has assuredly the right, after all, to strip a corpse a bit when one is the author of that corpse.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - "I would strip Germany," he cried, "as she has stripped Belgium."
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes - I believe now, as I believed at the moment of telling, that Wallace did to the very best of his ability strip the truth of his secret for me.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - The single design to strip one's self of all past beliefs is one that ought not to be taken by every one.
— from Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences - The other portion remained erect, and revealed the bared surface as a strip of white down the front.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy - Oh dear me, it’s as plain as that strip of light there, at the end of the trees.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - Strip it of all its ornament, run it down to the root and nucleus of the whole, and what is it?
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
