How to Use striptease in a Sentence

striptease

noun
  • And try to stay awake for the striptease scene at the end.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • But the eight-episode series isn't all striptease and bowties!
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And Elle gets wasted at a party and does a striptease on a table.
    Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 22 June 2018
  • The man who saw me attempt a striptease while wearing a turtleneck at karaoke.
    Jason Adam Katzenstein, The New Yorker, 18 May 2022
  • And then the photo of her striptease ends up blown up as a huge decorative poster at the prom!
    Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 22 June 2018
  • With the finale now streaming on Hulu, EW breaks down the true stories at the center of the striptease saga.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Parker loved it that Elvis was like a male striptease artist… like the bally girls on the carnivals.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 25 June 2022
  • Dressed in a filmy gown slit up the sides, Yee performed her dance to live music, in a style that could be described as just short of a striptease.
    Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The show opened with Shakira and a crew of dancers in red, letting the audience known this would not be a Maroon 5 sleep striptease.
    oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The venture may well be the earliest of its kind: a mainstream venue for striptease, by men, for women.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But would Lady Gaga have felt compelled to do a four-layer striptease on the red carpet?
    Judith Newman, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
  • First, where does Maroon 5′s forgettable striptease land on the list?
    oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Dance troupe best known for their male striptease performances.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 24 Jan. 2018
  • That leads to the aforementioned striptease and a business deal: Mike will choreograph Max’s show.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The woman, 38-year-old Annabel Battistella, was a plumage-shaking striptease dancer with the stage name Fanne Foxe.
    Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
  • A scene in which Rose prepares her daughter for her first striptease is painfully tender.
    Lee Williams, OregonLive.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • The backdrops do a kind of striptease, each layer dragging slowly aside as the show progresses.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The film follows a group of unemployed men who decide to create a Chippendales striptease act to raise funds for a friend.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 May 2024
  • Three young boys befriend a prostitute named V. After a striptease, V drives the boys home to the suburbs but ends up staying once her car breaks down.
    Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2020
  • But Rye’s older brother, Gig, has his eye set on Ursula the Great, a striptease artist who sings in a cage with a ravenous cougar.
    Ron Charles, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Salma Hayek Pinault is looking back on her iconic striptease scene.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The performance was punctuated by faux karate chops (Elvis had a black belt) and a partial striptease.
    Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The series will detail the darkly comedic and crime-ridden story behind the male striptease revue.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Taking the prank in stride, Lee laughed it off and then began to take his vest off pretending that a striptease was in order to go along with the acceptance of his new title.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • ChiChi Buxom, a striptease performer, says it’s empowering to get up on stage.
    Michelle Pemberton, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Two stagehands came onstage and removed the dress as Dreyfuss mimicked a striptease before putting on a blazer and taking his seat ahead of the screening.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • There was something almost erotic about it: a lunar striptease.
    Washington Post, 17 July 2019
  • Migrating to Paris, the divorcee reinvented herself as a striptease dancer who claimed to be of Far Eastern descent.
    Ray Cavanaugh, Time, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Actress Charlize Theron was once the face of the brand, from her metaphysical striptease campaign, to model Carmen Kass in her bath of gold.
    Allyson Portee, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Socialite Patty Hearst performed a striptease, and the show ended with confetti and a performance by soul singer James Brown.
    Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022

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