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

She regarded herself with detachment as a remarkable phenomenon, and therefore she could impersonally describe her career without any of the ordinary restraints—just as a shopman might clothe or unclothe a model in his window.

From Mr. Prohack by Bennett, Arnold

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

Bethink yourself how love Fared in us twain, what either did; Shall I unclothe my soul thereof?

From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles