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barefoot

[bair-foot] / ˈbɛərˌfʊt /
ADJECTIVE
wearing no shoes
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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The singer herself says that she is "immensely honoured" to be part of the Cesaria Evora Orchestra, which performs around the world to keep alive the music of the "barefoot diva" who died in 2011.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

And I should—post-matcha, I spent 6.5 minutes barefoot in an immersive audiovisual “uplifting” guided breathwork program.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

More footage was shown of Varley, barefoot and wearing a Jurassic Park t-shirt and tartan pyjama bottoms, outside the hospital entrance, minutes after Preston had been declared dead.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Among them is his Oscar-shortlisted “The Deep,” the tale of an Icelandic fisherman who survived a 1984 shipwreck for six hours in 41-degrees-Fahrenheit ocean water, swam to shore and then walked barefoot over lava fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She loved being barefoot in school; it made her feet feel free.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata



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