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

Avoid walking on the trail barefoot or in open-toed shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 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 footage showed Noah returning to his home at Fitzroy Avenue at about 04:08 on the same morning barefoot and without his headphones.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Some of the men had no shoes and went barefoot: in cold weather they wrapped cloth around their feet to keep from freezing.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier