shorn

[ shawrn, shohrn ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of shear.

Other words from shorn

  • un·shorn, adjective

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How to use shorn in a sentence

  • The old dining-hall had shared in the general decay, and been shorn of all its ancient honours.

    The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
  • How will he feel now he realizes he is shorn of his direct power to help us through these dark and dreadful Straits?

  • In this city he encountered his former ranking officer, shorn of all his possessions, and just emerging from an insane asylum.

    Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
  • The ceremony was shorn of the grotesque pageantry of chivalric times, and was confined to the interior of the abbey.

  • The grief and misfortune which had shorn some of his radiance had given a more human spell to what remained.

    Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry Ward

British Dictionary definitions for shorn

shorn

/ (ʃɔːn) /


verb
  1. a past participle of shear

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