Example Sentences

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In the annals of strategic oversteps in America’s post-9/11 forever war, our shoeless airport security lines will go down as a footnote.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

Our last glimpse of Dedra shows her shoeless and cowering in a prison cell, destined to be as forgotten as her boss and every other underling who fails the Emperor.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

She said they arrived to find Nancy Iskander, the boys’ mother, shoeless.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024

"We used to wear simple robes. We would be shoeless, and walk into the ice like that," says 88-year-old Annar.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

The shoeless camaradas were dealing with painfully swollen bare feet.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple