nakedness

Example Sentences

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Eve then offers the fruit to Adam, and, having both sinned, they realize their nakedness, are ashamed and make clothing.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

The results are childlike at times — parts of “La Noche” and “Lo_Divino” sound like nursery rhymes — while the nakedness of “Volvieron” brims with a solemn, ageless kind of grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

“It is inconceivable. He had nakedness, but I imagine was born with his clothes on and his hair powdered and made a stately bow on his first appearance in the world.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023

His allusions to nakedness, decay, demons, and miracles illustrate two insights articulated by scholars such as Derek Alderman.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2021

We use animal skins for clothing: to keep us warm, to cover our nakedness and sometimes as a hammock.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan