naked

Example Sentences

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“I grew up without a father in an all-female household and I felt very naked as a child in terms of needing to be protected by someone who was dominant and aggressive,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The hedge-born man conceived in a hookup under the hawthorn bushes in 17th-century Britain was the direct linguistic ancestor of today’s naked short-sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Children and infants, some of them nearly naked, wandered into the streets.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Unlike many previous experiments, this system is visible to the naked eye and operates on a compact device about one foot tall that can be held in your hand.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

I never could get used to seeing him without them, that naked, vulnerable look he always had.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt