lay bare
Example Sentences
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Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
And these memos lay bare the extent to which the work product underpinning these decisions is often half-hearted and vibes-based; animated more by grievance and hurt feelings than neutral legal rules.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
Mr. Zipperstein portrays Roth as “willing to challenge himself on all fronts, to lay bare all his limits as a writer, son, and Jew.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
They met at a "Truth Tent" - a community-led forum where Syrians lay bare the horrors of the past.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
They could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were mysterious even to yourself, remained impregnable.
From "1984" by George Orwell
