stripping

"Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair."

"Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river."

"In the seedy club, a group of drunken men were watching a woman stripping."

"The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test."

"The workers are stripping the cargo containers of their supplies. "

"He was tightening the bolt too hard and ended up stripping the threads, so now he can't fasten the shelf properly. "

"I tightened the bolt too much, and now it's stripping, so the shelf is still wobbly. "

"She's stripping the dark dye from her hair before she can color it blonde. "

"During the card game, Sarah focused on stripping Michael of all his hearts suits. "

"The nurse was careful when stripping the IV tubing to remove any remaining medication. "

"The farmer was stripping the cow to make sure he got every last drop of milk. "

"The hatchery worker is carefully stripping the female salmon of her eggs to fertilize them artificially. "

"The television station is stripping their new sitcom across the week, showing a new episode every weekday. "

"The construction crew is stripping the land in preparation for the new housing development. "

"The construction crew is stripping the topsoil to prepare the land for the new building. "

"The runner was stripping away from the competition in the final stretch of the race. "

"The factory is stripping the chrome plating from the old car bumpers to recycle the metal. "

"The carding machine was stripping the wool, removing the short fibers and leaving the longer strands ready for spinning. "

"After curing the tobacco leaves, the workers began stripping them from the stalks and tying them into neat bundles. "

"After harvesting, workers are stripping the tobacco leaves to prepare them for curing. "

"The stripping of the old wallpaper was a messy but necessary part of the home renovation project. "

"The chemical plant uses stripping to remove ammonia from its wastewater before releasing it. "