of the same stripe

Examples of of the same stripe in a sentence

• "Well, it is the same thing over again," he thought bitterly, "like mother, like daughter—they are both of the same stripe."1920, Sherwood Anderson, chapter 8, in Poor White:
• I had no gods to bother me, and my friends were of the same stripe.1922, Irving Bacheller, chapter 8, in In the Days of Poor Richard:
• Once having overthrown Saddam, we would have faced two choices: accepting another dictator of the same stripe . . . or getting bogged down trying to administer the place ourselves.1992 March 1, "Viewpoint: A year later" (editorial), Observer-Reporter (Washington, Pennsylvania), p. B4 (retrieved 23 Feb 2013)
• It is good old unregulated American greed of the same stripe that drove this country into its current economic meltdown.2009 August 10, Joseph L. Galloway, “What the US needs is an outburst of common sense”, in JuneauEmpire.com, retrieved 23 Feb 2013:

Synonyms of of the same stripe

• cut from the same cloth
• of a kind
• of a piece
• of a blood
• of a feather
• all one
• all the same
• monolithic

Related words

• same difference

Questions about of the same stripe

What does of the same stripe mean?

Of the same stripe means of the same kind; having the same opinion or viewpoint.

How do you use of the same stripe in a sentence?

"Well, it is the same thing over again," he thought bitterly, "like mother, like daughter—they are both of the same stripe."

What part of speech is of the same stripe?

Of the same stripe is a prepositional phrase.