bareheaded
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of bareheaded
1520–30; bare 1 + headed; compare Middle English bareheved, barehed
Example Sentences
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Bareheaded, dressed in a dark suit and just starting to grow a beard, he nodded occasionally but remained poker-faced.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2022
Bareheaded in the sunshine, President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines stood and waved one morning last week as his open Packard purred past more than 1,000.000 shouting citizens of Mexico City.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bareheaded, without overcoats, one in the blue of a Luftwaffe officer, the other in German infantry grey, they first took a pleasant bus ride from London to Gerrard's Cross 17 miles away.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bareheaded and grave, Franklin Roosevelt stood before the white marble where lies the soldier "known but to God."
From Time Magazine Archive
Bareheaded and barefooted, my brother and I, along with nameless and countless other black children, used to stand and watch the men crawl in, out, over, and under the huge black metal engines.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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