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disrobe

[dis-rohb] / dɪsˈroʊb /


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For “Leo Grande,” the choice to disrobe was hers, and though she made it with trepidation, Thompson said she believes “the film would not be the same without it.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022

Or Max Scherzer defiantly beginning to disrobe during an in-game check by umpires?

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022

“The fact that I have to prove I don’t have tattoos on my upper body, disrobe, quite frankly is a little humiliating,” Rhambo told The Times on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

Pell would only have gone to the sacristy to disrobe, and that was always done with the help of at least one other cleric.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2019

Colonel Esmond, who tells his own tale, wishes the Muse of History to disrobe, to discard her buskins, and to deliver herself like a woman of the everyday world.

From Studies in Literature and History by John O. Miller

Sue Tilley was 35 years old and working in a London employment office when she disrobed and let British artist Lucian Freud paint her in the nude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Chief Justice Varale also invoked Draupadi from the epic Mahabharat, who's saved by Hindu god Krishna when she's being disrobed, to advise women "to pick up arms as no god will come to protect you".

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023

As his teammates around him disrobed and walked to the showers, Herbert sat in front of his locker and stared at the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

He headed western U.S. congregations but was disrobed in a church trial last year after officials concluded he had mishandled funds.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

First: He makes the explanation that Christ disrobed, or divested himself; that is, appeared to lay aside his divinity in that he divested himself of its benefit and glory.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker

But the disrobing has other benefits: A thick, sour miasma of pig excrement engulfs me as I make my way inside, and I’m glad I’ve left my clothes behind.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023

She delivered again, face stripped of makeup and disrobing from her couture to wear a simple black t-shirt and ripped jeans to perform "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun."

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023

Later that day, the fresh tape on her temples would unstick in time for the scrubbing, disrobing, and de-wigging that must take place before Sarah can go home to her wife.

From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2019

Although those encounters are described with raw detail, the narrator’s deliberate disrobing of his own psyche feels even more intimate.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2016

He felt that even in speaking in that way he would be indicating how hopeless he felt, thereby disrobing his soul to more shame.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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