unclothe

Example Sentences

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With some actors, words clothe feelings; with Jones, feelings unclothe words so that joy, rage, wonder and sadness radiate nakedly through the theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

This with him was to unclothe himself of his true strength.

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell

We uncover, indeed we unclothe an ugly, pot-bellied, pale-orange larva.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Other men, again, possibly unclothe themselves of some practices, but they put on new clothing, they reform some passages for fear of censure, or shame, or such like.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

A woman might as well turn into a fashion-block as allow her maid to clothe and unclothe her as your maid does you!

From The Carved Cupboard by Le Feuvre, Amy