How to Use naked in a Sentence
naked
adjective- He was naked from the waist up.
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Halve the naked lemon and squeeze the juice into the bowl.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
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To the naked eye, things still looked fine at that point.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2021
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Their eggs are tiny and can look like bits of dirt to the naked eye.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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This is the first time in my life that strangers have looked at me naked.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
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The mammoth, naked from the midriff up, looked as though he were headed to the pool.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
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Do not stare at the sun with your naked eyes during the eclipse.
—Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
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Or: There is a dead man, naked in the desert, holding a straw.
—Colin Dickey, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2022
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In 1947, Short's naked corpse was found in a vacant lot.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 6 June 2023
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Cold and naked, with the eyes of the world on me, or perhaps looking through me.
—Django Gold, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
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The combo of the two can be difficult to take in with the naked eye.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
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Uranus is too far to be seen by the naked eye, of course, and so is Neptune.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 7 June 2022
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In 1947, Short's naked corpse was found in a vacant lot.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022
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Kendall Jenner has put her own spin on the naked dress trend.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023
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One way to feel better naked is to…take your clothes off.
—Carina Hsieh, SELF, 2 Feb. 2024
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Late in the premiere, Oz is fully naked and tied up to a chair.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
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For now, though, Menke took comfort in what the naked eye was telling him.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
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Hard not to read the lush blacks in his naked Black back as a criticism of that.
—Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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Most of them are still scary quick, skinny and now naked.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
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When Seales scanned them, nothing appeared to the naked eye.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Well, a lot of people have been pretty naked at the VMAs.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022
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Hailey Bieber is in the running to become queen of the naked dress.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Dec. 2022
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They’re best seen with the naked eye or a pair of binoculars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 June 2022
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Bill wore bright green tights and, bathed in warm shadows, was stripped naked by fairies at the end of the play.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 17 Mar. 2022
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That night, Gandy emerged from a shower, naked, and approached the teen.
—Abigail Pesta, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2022
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Yet her body — later seen naked — is a child's, thin and gawky.
—Kristin McMurran, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
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In it, a naked, thin Damari, his hands bound, is shown being slapped by a sibling, with the boy’s head bouncing off a kitchen counter.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
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She had been beaten and strangled, and her naked body was found bound, according to authorities.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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The filming crew had requested to move a painting out of shot, ‘the Goddess,’ whom happens to be a naked woman.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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While the naked eye works for this annual lunar event, binoculars or a small telescope can offer a better view of the satellite's craters.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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