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undress

[uhn-dres] / ʌnˈdrɛs /


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“I think we achieved it, but along the way, we had to undress the character’s successes and failures, many of which had consequences in his life,” Gómez Fernandez says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

They further claim that, once in the home, the men were told to undress in the kitchen, and then to warm their hands with hot water or on a radiator.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2024

The military said it makes detainees undress to search for explosives, bringing detainees into Israel before releasing them back into Gaza if they’re deemed innocent.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2024

“I had to undress to my underwear for a short period, it was very uncomfortable. They did not want to let me use the bathroom, for example.”

From Washington Post Jan. 4, 2023

“Hush up, Jason. How can buzzards get in where Damuddy is. Father wouldn’t let them. Would you let a buzzard undress you. Hush up, now.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

“Part of what the motion does is it undresses what you’re in, so it forces your hand a little bit,” McDermott said.

From Washington Times Sep. 28, 2023

Behind the curtain of biography, betrayal and striving, “Fosse/Verdon” undresses into a story about haunted people, a pair of artists inexorably pushed by past abuses and the fear of failure they produced.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2019

He undresses himself using a gadget Devon created from a basket, weights and hooks.

From Seattle Times Jan. 5, 2018

“We wanted that level of intimacy in it. He metaphorically undresses himself as he shares more and more with the audience.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 3, 2017

She starts taking out books and her computer from her bag before she even undresses.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

"I got undressed and went outside to wash myself."

From BBC May 17, 2026

A nurse asks me to get undressed from the waist up and put on a gown with the opening in front.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

Of course, the suggestion was unserious but it usefully if frontally undressed a reality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

"We will carefully assess these changes to make sure they effectively protect citizens in the EU," European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said in a statement, which followed sharp criticism over the nonconsensual undressed images.

From Barron's Jan. 14, 2026

I got undressed and I looked at myself, and I began to cry.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

The Duke getting notice, came running undrest to lament his fate, saying, Alas, Sir! what is the matter?

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

Languid, he lit, and left his Brigliador To a discreet attendant; one undrest His limbs, one doffed the golden spurs he wore, And one bore off, to clean, his iron vest.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

So Amyas went in, and found Frank laid on the outside of his bed not yet undrest.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles

Keep your undrest, familiar style for strangers, but respect your friend.

From The Golden Link of Friendship by Various

Falsehood more leisurely undrest, And, laying by her tawdry vest, Trick'd herself out in Truth's array, And 'cross the meadows tript away.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

Patients may also feel distressed about undressing and undergoing manual therapy with a provider they don’t fully trust, which can make it hard to make progress.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2025

Where “Ghost World” was concerned with its own quirky hipness and “Paris” with undressing its women, Park’s “Shortcomings” feels immediate and personal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2023

Rapp testified at a deposition that there was no kissing, no undressing, no reaching under clothes and no sexualized statements or innuendo during an encounter that lasted no more than two minutes, the judge said.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2022

The witness recalled seeing the pair run down some steps to the riverbank before partially undressing and jumping in.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2021

She was undressing her doll, prising the skirt off the plastic body.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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