barefoot

Example Sentences

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Scores of bare-chested flagellants with covered faces walked barefoot through the dusty streets of Pampanga province's San Fernando as they flogged their backs with bamboo whips in scorching heat.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Many people in our troubled country are apparently so eager for peace that they’ll join barefoot monks in colorful robes in walking halfway across the continent.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Being locked barefoot in an executioner's chair sounds uncomfortable, but that is what Chris Pratt requested for his latest film, Mercy.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Hunter is a new flavor of “Star Trek” skipper; casual and compact, she curls up in her captain’s chair, stretches out wherever convenient and goes about barefoot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Some believed silver-haired yumboes from the depths of the Greater Jungle had spirited the old man away and still danced with him barefoot by moonlight.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray