go barefoot
Example Sentences
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The weak controls aren’t a good look, evoking the old proverb about the shoemaker whose children go barefoot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
My daughter loves the fountains and the fact that you can go barefoot in the river.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023
They wear nature in their curly hair – acorn headbands, leaf fascinators, grass caps – and famously, go barefoot.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
Mr. Jackson, a soft-spoken man with a relaxed appearance — he is known to go barefoot, like the hobbits of J.R.R.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019
"The scuff of leather on stone sings loud as warhoms to a man with open ears. Clever girls go barefoot."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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