barefoot

Example Sentences

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Scores of bare-chested flagellants with covered faces walked barefoot through the dusty streets of Pampanga province's San Fernando as they flogged their backs with bamboo whips in scorching heat.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Many people in our troubled country are apparently so eager for peace that they’ll join barefoot monks in colorful robes in walking halfway across the continent.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

The song, performed on the programme barefoot, in a pair of golden-feathered trousers and a red shawl, was followed by a debut album last May.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Young Dado grew up in a house with no electricity and walked barefoot to school, where he used bamboo sticks to learn arithmetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

We were barefoot, the way most Sudanese children are, and our feet grew big blisters on them, but we kept going as fast as we could.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau