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clothed

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verb

variants or clad
past tense of clothe

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clothed
Adjective
The rest of the slideshow included four (clothed) mirror selfies and a close-up shot of a butter yellow sink. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026 That is, until one of the semi-clothed workmen and his thick muscles catch her eye. — David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025 Christian has relied on Medicaid to pay for the home health nurses and caregivers to maneuver the device to get from the bed to his wheelchair, showered, clothed and fed. — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025 These services allow users to upload clothed pictures of people and produce what experts term nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) of both minors and adults, also sometimes referred to as deepfake pornography. — David Evan Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2024
Verb
This Saturday, friends, family and community members clad in different shades of light blue came together at a public vigil to honor Noel’s legacy. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026 As San Francisco’s Hobart Building—with its elaborate neoclassical facade clad in terracotta—neared completion in 1914, influential architect Willis Polk was commissioned for another project across the bay in the Berkeley Hills. — Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026 If the upstairs is all about wood, downstairs Buck created a more monastic experience with arched hallways clad in Roman Clay from Portola Paints. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026 Tiny Tect Tiny Houses The exterior is clad in metal, with a metal roof. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026 Flanagan’s version has Carrie start her period fully clothed—but wearing white pants. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Upon landing in Samarkand on Sunday night, Rubio was warmly embraced by Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov, while two women clad in elaborate gold-and-black traditional dresses presented him with a bouquet. — Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026 Chips could be destroyed by even a speck of dust, so factories became impregnable clean rooms, their workers clad in bunny suits. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Video of the incident obtained by CBS News showed a group of around 20 masked men clad in black or gray clothes descending a hill from the area of an Israeli settlement outpost into an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah. — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clothed
Adjective
  • Julie Blazek of Batavia was hanging out with members of the Batavia Woman’s Club who were all dressed as witches and planning to dance later on stage at the Peg Bond Center during the event.
    — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • All dressed in the same plum two-piece set, their harmonies and coordinated dance moves honored Winehouse’s love of that era while breathing new life into the track.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At the age of 93 in 2018, Saint, who had been so memorably attired in her classic films, appeared at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony to present the Oscar for Best Costume Design (Phantom Thread won).
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Always elegantly attired, always thirsty, never drunk.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The concerns with the technology expressed at the hearing went beyond just hacking.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Environmentalists have expressed concerns, however, that the law won’t be enforced against Pérez under the country’s conservative National Party, of which Zambrano is a member.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.
    — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Small, shy and clad head-to-claw in black, New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026 Bird of the Year.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • A-list guests such as Hailey and Justin Bieber, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet, Ali and Jalen Brunson, and Shannon and Josh Hart (all garbed in all-black ensembles) could be seen in Instagram posts and photos published by Page Six.
    — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Alongside it is Footsi (1979), a video in which two fingers garbed in little shoes and socks move across the artist’s body.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Brennan said his letter was based on direction offered by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in November.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Slide 1 of 15 The entries included license plate numbers, descriptions of vehicles and descriptions of law enforcement personnel Willie Herndon believed were following him, the complaint said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • And even when the original clips of viral moments are authentic, they’re increasingly used as a launching point for embellished narratives and AI content – to capture an invested audience.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • McDonald and Morgeson sat together near the half-court line, robed in regalia.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This clothing in turn helps Druids feel a sense of kinship with Europe’s pre-Christian peoples, including the ancient druids, who in the popular imagination are often envisioned as robed.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Clothed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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