unclad

Example Sentences

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As for Britain, clad or unclad, entry into the Common Market was out of the question, despite his "exceptional esteem, attachment and respect" for the British people.

From Time Magazine Archive

I flung the warm shawl over her, and drew the edges tight round her neck, for I dreaded lest she should get some deadly chill from the night air, unclad as she was.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

John Adams, on his way to Congress, told of the defeat of the Northern army in Canada and how it was heading southward "eaten with vermin, diseased, scattered, dispirited, unclad, unfed, disgraced."

From In the Days of Poor Richard by Bacheller, Irving

Surely these white, unclad figures were ghosts, or gods come down from the skies!

From The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

The grasses are rotting in walk and in bower; The orchards smell dank and rank As a chamber where lay for a lonely hour A corpse unclad in the taper's glower, Chill, white, and lank.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.