shorn

[shawrn, shohrn]

verb

1. a past participle of shear.

shorn

/ ʃɔːn /

verb

1. a past participle of shear

Other Word Forms

• unshorn adjective

Example Sentences

But he asks us to acknowledge that “the depolarization and depoliticization” of Spain—especially after 1945—ensured that “a new start could be made, shorn of the extremism of the civil-war generation.”

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The boys had buried themselves in a heap of shorn ivy, but Cassiopeia stood next to Penelope and Simon, with Shantaloo curled in her arms.

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The US Supreme Court on Monday heard the case of a devout Rastafarian who is seeking damages after his knee-length dreadlocks were forcibly shorn while he was in prison in Louisiana.

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Power lines were down and trees were shorn of all leaves.

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With both sides shorn of some of their players due to the game being played outside of the Test window, it was a chance for others to shine.

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Related Words

• bald 
• exposed 
• naked 
• uncovered