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

Ministering angels are dimly seen in the background, and are summoned to unclothe and clothe Joshua.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

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

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

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

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

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell