topless

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Recent Examples of topless While in character, Sweeney went topless multiple times, sported a tiny Y2K butterfly top, experienced a few wedding nip slips, and even wrangled a python. Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 June 2026 In particular, Wenders spoke about a scene from his 1975 film Wrong Move, which includes a topless shot of actress Nastassja Kinski, who was just 13 at the time. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026 And in September 1982, Daily stumbled upon the remains of a 22-year-old topless dancer named Sherry Morrow on a remote stretch of the Knik River during an off-duty hunting trip. Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Miami boasts over 100 yachts on offer, while supercar fans opt for topless vehicles like the Rolls Royce Dawn or the Ferrari 488 Spider. Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for topless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for topless
Adjective
  • Bright blue butterflies spread their wings across these short nude nails.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 18 June 2026
  • That desire is a good deal more explicit than even admirers tend to remember; the film is full of nude bodies in real spas.
    Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • According to prosecutors, who cited testimony and evidence at McCue's trial, the children allegedly suffered severe beatings and were forced to wear shock collars and stand naked on cinder blocks for hours or sometimes days at a time.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • Charges state Le Saint at one time sent the girl a photo to show his child playing with a toy, but in the picture, his fully naked reflection could be seen in a mirror.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • That image, Dreijer said in a recent Pitchfork interview, was influenced by a seminude self-portrait of the 79-year-old Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum.
    Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Investigators also found a trove of photos depicting nude and seminude young women and girls.
    Fox News, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2019
Adjective
  • Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.
    Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Investigators said some female victims were found naked or partially unclothed, with evidence of severe mutilation and objects including grenades, nails and household tools inserted into their bodies.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.
    Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • Though none of the victims have been identified, police have said the women were all between 30 and 35 years old, had tattoos and were found partially undressed.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • In other harrowing instances, Panettiere said an Oscar winner once exposed himself to her at an industry party and a close female friend once invited her, then 18, onto a superyacht, only to abandon her to a famous man, who was undressed.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 16 May 2026

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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topless. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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