naked

Example Sentences

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“We humans may be naked apes,” he writes, but “we are also in many ways featherless crows.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“I’ll go find somewhere that my kids will not have to see naked zombies,” he said, in a comment that was cheered on and seconded by his online army.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

In earlier work, researchers found that when HMW-HA was removed from naked mole rat cells, those cells became more likely to form tumors.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

As they age, naked mole rats appear to avoid many conditions that commonly affect other mammals, including neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and cancer.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

Unlike most colonists, however, who believed that the Africans and Amerindians were “rough, wild people, naked, with no God or religious service,” Maria embraced their customs and lore.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman