Strop is an English word with synonyms like strap or sharpener. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Strop in a sentence
Related words
Strop meaning
- A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.
- A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
Using Strop
- The main meaning on this page is: A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor. | A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
- Useful related words include: strap, sharpener, sharpen.
- In the example corpus, strop often appears in combinations such as: pedro strop.
Context around Strop
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Strop
- In this selection, "strop" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pedro, kylie, season, alongside, put and trying stand out and add context to how "strop" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a razor strop three times and and pedro strop on stage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "strop" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abetment, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with strop
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pedro Strop got his first save in two chances. (9 words)
He then walked off in quite a strop at that point. (11 words)
Last season, Strop went 6-1 with a 2.26 ERA in 59⅔ innings. (14 words)
In Bukowski -- Born Into This, a 2003 film, Bukowski states that his father beat him with a razor strop three times a week from the ages of 6 to 11. He says that it helped his writing, as he came to understand undeserved pain. (44 words)
Lee stages many of these in brightly lit locals, all the better to highlight the High Frame Rate he shot the film in – a technique which looks like big-screen motion smoothing, and one which filmmakers should strop trying to make happen. (42 words)
Her deal was every bit as bad as she had always led them to believe it would be, so if they were to storm out in a strop it would rather imply they had never grasped the details. (38 words)
Example sentences (17)
But for Robinson, battling otherworldly entities prone to throwing a strop is all in a day’s work as Scotland’s leading ghostbuster.
He was meant to stay in the crowd with friends but broke away to run up on the stage, upset he hadn't been included and had a bit of a strop alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Third-year guard Kylie Strop put up 19 points with nine assists and third-year forward Olivia Pekron and fifth-year Kylie Mogen each scored 12.
Zobrist participated in a panel Saturday featuring the 2016 World Series team, joining former teammates Justin Grimm, Kyle Hendricks, Miguel Montero and Pedro Strop on stage at Cubs Convention.
He then walked off in quite a strop at that point.
Lee stages many of these in brightly lit locals, all the better to highlight the High Frame Rate he shot the film in – a technique which looks like big-screen motion smoothing, and one which filmmakers should strop trying to make happen.
Pedro Strop gave up a home run in the ninth to Paul DeJong before finishing for his sixth save in eight chances.
Using the strop "realigns the blade" in a way that makes it last longer, although Strezynski admitted they were depending on presumed competitor for that information.
African leaders also need to strop colluding with Western countries in stealing Africa's wealth.
Brandon Crawford loaded the bases when he was intentionally walked by Pedro Strop to bring up Sandoval, who hit a sharp single to left against a five-man infield.
Carl Edwards Jr, Pedro Strop, Mike Montgomery and Brian Duensing, along with Justin Grimm and Justin Wilson will return to the Cubs bullpen.
Her deal was every bit as bad as she had always led them to believe it would be, so if they were to storm out in a strop it would rather imply they had never grasped the details.
Joey Votto delivered the go-ahead double as the next four batters reached against Strop (3-1), who retired just two of the nine batters he faced in his first appearance since Tuesday.
Last season, Strop went 6-1 with a 2.26 ERA in 59⅔ innings.
Pedro Strop got his first save in two chances.
Pedro Strop injured a hamstring while running to first on a double-play grounder Thursday in just his second at-bat of the season.
In Bukowski -- Born Into This, a 2003 film, Bukowski states that his father beat him with a razor strop three times a week from the ages of 6 to 11. He says that it helped his writing, as he came to understand undeserved pain.
Common combinations with strop
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: