half-naked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Veteran Austrian snowboard star Benjamin Karl said thoughts of retirement can wait after he retained his Olympic men's parallel giant slalom title before throwing himself half-naked onto the snow.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Walkers discovered Lamduan Armitage's half-naked body in a stream near Pen-y-ghent in 2004 and she remained unidentified for 15 years until her family saw a BBC News report and came forward.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025
She says I was moving through the room like a half-naked and sweaty zombie, my face writhing between a malicious smile and the lucidity of someone on the verge of an epileptic fit.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023
Dozens of protesters - including eight half-naked demonstrators painted in fake blood while wearing just shorts and bull masks - gathered outside the country's Congress in Bolivar Square.
From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023
Nine fearsome, ugly, half-naked, fifty-feet-long brutes lay sprawled over the ground in various grotesque attitudes of sleep, and the sound of their snoring was indeed like gunfire in a battle.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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