How to Use naked in a Sentence

naked

adjective
  • He was naked from the waist up.
  • This is the first time in my life that strangers have looked at me naked.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The mammoth, naked from the midriff up, looked as though he were headed to the pool.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • In 1947, Short's naked corpse was found in a vacant lot.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 6 June 2023
  • Cold and naked, with the eyes of the world on me, or perhaps looking through me.
    Django Gold, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Kendall Jenner has put her own spin on the naked dress trend.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023
  • One way to feel better naked is to…take your clothes off.
    Carina Hsieh, SELF, 2 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • When Seales scanned them, nothing appeared to the naked eye.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Few have leaned in with such naked abandon as Bruno Le Maire.
    Sam Schechner, WSJ, 30 May 2023
  • Doja Cat took the naked dress to new heights at the 2024 Grammys on Sunday.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In mix: Kate Beckinsale, who just hit the red carpet in the coolest naked romper.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 27 May 2023
  • There is, in fact, a lot of naked flesh on display throughout the season.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • During a bus ride to school, the kid of one of O’Rourke’s officers saw a naked woman on the bridge.
    oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2023
  • When her body was found four days later, it was beaten and naked.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
  • From the naked eye, there doesn’t seem to be the homeless challenge that is observed in downtown Salt Lake City.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Due to the lack of light underwater, most scenes appear to have a blue or green tint to both the naked eye and the camera lens.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Three of the planets — Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn — will be bright and visible with the naked eye.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 June 2023
  • Freeman bursts out naked, arms out, with his orange jumpsuit on the floor.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Along the way there are ogres, warrior tournaments and plenty of naked flesh.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Here are the seven brightest and closest stars seen with the naked eye from Earth and their measurements.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Coat is a trompe-l’oeil scene of what looks like a window onto a terrace, with a naked boy outside.
    Kyle Dunn’s Night Fever, Vulture, 11 May 2023
  • This one is rare because much of it can be seen with the naked eye even in areas with light pollution.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The footage shows the two naked women surrounded by scores of young men who grope their genitals and drag them to a field.
    Ashok Sharma and Shonal Ganguly, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • It was crowded in there, the three women maneuvering around the naked man.
    Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • One of them is a woman: Black, naked to the waist, down on one knee, clearly in a condition of servitude.
    Teju Cole, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • Erez Cohen After abandoning their clothes in the fire, the six of them were nearly naked.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Wall Street was booming, and across the city men were sucking on cigars and slicking their hair back in naked homage to Gordon Gekko.
    Jessica Pressler, Town & Country, 17 May 2023
  • Sly was born in March of 2021, and Ratajkowski wrote about how much her life changed after his birth in the caption of the naked photos.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 May 2023
  • Minutes after a request, a naked version of the image would appear on the thread.
    Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023

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