undressing

present participle of undress

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of undressing Zelenskyy’s new outfit was made by Ukrainian designer Viktor Anisimov, who told Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) his team was working on a new look for their leader in January, but thought the Ukrainian president would stick with his previous aesthetic following the White House undressing. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025 Detectives also allegedly found two additional videos of female employees undressing and who have not been identified yet. Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undressing
Verb
  • Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Athletes are often defined by their times, medals, and records, but stripping back their impact to numbers can be reductive, particularly in Fraser-Pryce’s case.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Edges and hems were purposely left romantically unfinished and raw, with bodices falling off to reveal the construction underneath or skirt panels hanging asymmetrically exposing multiple layers.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Hialeah’s government is at a standstill after a bitter political deadlock over the city’s budget paralyzed the city council, exposing deep fractures in the leadership.
    Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This enables quantum systems to evaluate countless combinations of biomarkers, genetics and lifestyle variables at once, uncovering patterns too complex for classical algorithms.
    Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The top layers held leather goods from the 1900s, but instead of uncovering traces from the 1800s, 1700s and 1600s like in nearby digs, archaeologists jumped straight from the late 19th century to the Middle Ages.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Undressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undressing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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