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 because of the heat, he gazed fixedly at the Host.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 the venerable monarch drove with Queen Mary from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords, arrived snuffling.
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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