Example Sentences

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The results are childlike at times — parts of “La Noche” and “Lo_Divino” sound like nursery rhymes — while the nakedness of “Volvieron” brims with a solemn, ageless kind of grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Locked in the bathroom, Sylvie hypes herself up ahead of a meeting with investors scheduled for the next day, speaking poetically and convincingly about the value of style and vision, fashion’s triumph over nakedness.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

“It is inconceivable. He had nakedness, but I imagine was born with his clothes on and his hair powdered and made a stately bow on his first appearance in the world.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023

We shot "The Menu" almost entirely chronologically, we chart the journey of the diners from this place of privilege to a place of actual vulnerability and emotional nakedness by the end of the film.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2022

We use animal skins for clothing: to keep us warm, to cover our nakedness and sometimes as a hammock.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan