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  • past participle of shear.
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shorn

[shawrn, shohrn] / ʃɔrn, ʃoʊrn /




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As she drifts through town, feeling suddenly shorn of her identity, she comes across a traveling circus and is somehow taken on as a volunteer for the sawing-in-half trick, which involves hiding inside a box.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Dempsey had been shorn of many things by a thunderous Ireland performance - a revisiting of a familiar narrative.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Mr. Ehnes gave it fresh life in a reflective reading generally shorn of showy gestures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

It means a seam attack shorn of 1,308 Test wickets, with the shoulder injury that prompted Chris Woakes' international retirement taking away another 192.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

But all that I could see here were men shorn of respect either for themselves or their companion.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin




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