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undress

[uhn-dres] / ʌnˈdrɛs /


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Butt or buck, the Lakers are showing that they can undress a defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

They further claim that, once in the home, the men were told to undress in the kitchen, and then to warm their hands with hot water or on a radiator.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024

When she’d get home from a long day, she’d undress outside and sprint to the shower, worried about exposing her wife and two children to the coronavirus.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021

“Like a metaphorical state of undress, they’ve let their head down and show are who they really are,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

“No! I can dress and undress myself,” Olive said defiantly.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

“Part of what the motion does is it undresses what you’re in, so it forces your hand a little bit,” McDermott said.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

The letter’s flipped position within the word “bar” undresses the long-accepted expectation when a person wants to eat, drink and watch a game in a restaurant.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

Now, he pulls straight into the garage, undresses there, stuffs his uniform into the washing machine, disinfects his equipment and then heads straight for the shower before touching anyone.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2020

Behind the curtain of biography, betrayal and striving, “Fosse/Verdon” undresses into a story about haunted people, a pair of artists inexorably pushed by past abuses and the fear of failure they produced.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2019

She starts taking out books and her computer from her bag before she even undresses.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

A nurse asks me to get undressed from the waist up and put on a gown with the opening in front.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Of course, the suggestion was unserious but it usefully if frontally undressed a reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

"We will carefully assess these changes to make sure they effectively protect citizens in the EU," European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said in a statement, which followed sharp criticism over the nonconsensual undressed images.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

Some 26 nurses signed a letter complaining of Rose's use of and conduct within the changing room, with Rose telling the tribunal the allegations, which included staring at women getting undressed, were "false".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

Johnny spoke of this fact to Rab as they undressed at Grandsire’s.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The chief was eating an undrest onion, and seated on an old table, dangling his legs underneath, with a vacant thoughtlessness of manner, which their abrupt intrusion somewhat dissipated.

From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish

Keep your undrest, familiar style    For strangers, but respect your friend, Her most, whose matrimonial smile    Is and asks honour without end.

From Angel in the House by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

The Duke getting notice, came running undrest to lament his fate, saying, Alas, Sir! what is the matter?

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie

She was soon undrest; for she had no jewels to deposit in their caskets, nor fine laces to fold with the nicest exactness.

From Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 by Henry Fielding

She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by George MacDonald

Patients may also feel distressed about undressing and undergoing manual therapy with a provider they don’t fully trust, which can make it hard to make progress.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

Rapp testified at a deposition that there was no kissing, no undressing, no reaching under clothes and no sexualized statements or innuendo during an encounter that lasted no more than two minutes, the judge said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

Arians said after the game that wide receiver Antonio Brown is "no longer a Buc" after undressing on the field before storming off to the locker room during the third quarter.

From Fox News ● Jan. 2, 2022

The witness recalled seeing the pair run down some steps to the riverbank before partially undressing and jumping in.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2021

“They would stay dryer if I left them on and stayed out of the water,” said Cole as he began undressing.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen


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