half-naked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
He also sent photos of walks to school past a man on a mattress, a half-naked man, a man standing over a sidewalk fire, and a person folded in half on a bench under a blanket.
From Los Angeles Times
Prof Asa Kasher, an Israeli academic who helped write the IDF's first code of conduct, said sharing the pictures of half-naked people was against the IDF's code of ethics.
From BBC
I got a haircut just before Christmas, when the walls were already half-naked.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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