How to Use tripe in a Sentence

tripe

noun
  • That's just a load of tripe.
  • There has to be healing in all that tripe, brisket and tendon.
    Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The old market was a stronghold of tripe, a stomach part of a cow or pig.
    Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • PetKind Tripe Dry is a grain-free dry dog food made with green tripe and bison.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In that playground, long ago, there’d been a saying: true as tripe.
    Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The Spy, as well as brain-dead tripe like Red Notice (sorry, Dwayne!).
    José Adorno, BGR, 13 Dec. 2022
  • For him, there is no quiet meal of tripe grated with cheese.
    Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
  • Treats that might appear in the steamers include duck feet and tripe.
    New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • One includes meats ranging from pork, lamb, shrimp, and fish balls to pork blood, tripe, and Spam.
    Eric Velasco, AL.com, 16 June 2017
  • Leave a Note Come for the pots of tomatoey tripe and decent local wine list (rare in this area).
    Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Discard the water and chop the tripe into thin strips, about 2-inches long.
    Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Great work often seems to sit just on the precipice of failure; so much of what lights me up sits just shy of utter tripe.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • La Luz’s menudo also has a big fan following, so if tripe’s your thing, grab a pint or 2 to go.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • If using the tripe, place in a medium pot, covered with water.
    Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The theologian who likened writing to sticking his hand in tripe.
    Azadeh Moaveni, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2017
  • Simmering down khuy tiev, a rich beef stew of tripe, tongue, and marrow, is like a ritual, and not for the faint of heart.
    Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2020
  • On New Year's, it's often served with menudo, a tripe and hominy soup that is famously good for hangovers.
    Amanda Kludt, CNN, 25 Dec. 2021
  • The paper could well save a lot of money by not printing such foreign (to Alaska) tripe.
    Alaska Dispatch News, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The people who churn out that tripe really need to get a grip and go after the real culprits!!!
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • With everything that is going on here in this country and the world, the Post publishes this tripe.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The mild, lush broth has restorative, belly-warming properties, but the star is the superb tripe.
    Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Menudo, the delectable Mexican soup of chewy tripe, has the power to yank you out of the shadowy depths of a hangover.
    Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Visitors had been scarce, but Daniel Boulud had stopped in a month earlier, with cassoulet and tripe.
    Rachel Felder, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
  • Here, bite-sized bits of tripe are deep-fried until crunchy-chewy, then tossed in a creamy, harissa-spiced orange sauce flecked with celery leaves.
    Michael Russell, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Our pho bowls are crowded with slippery rice noodles, chunks of tendon and ribbons of tripe.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • TestaccioChecchino dal 1887Come for the pots of tomatoey tripe and decent local wine list (rare in this area).
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2017
  • On a recent visit Neneng put a Filipinx spin of the Mexican tripe stew menudo on the menu.
    Matthew Lardie, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The first spoonful of kare-kare — a stew of oxtail and tripe, heavy with peanut butter and toasted rice powder — is startlingly bland.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • Shame on them and shame of the student who actually believe the tripe being peddled.
    Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Order fresher-than-fresh pork buns and noodles from a cart or menu, and sample everything from tripe to clams in black bean sauce.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018

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