shorn
Example Sentences
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“This Is Not About Running” is Ms. Cain’s aptly titled memoir, as the book is shorn of any joy or fulfillment typically found in sports narratives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Mr. Ehnes gave it fresh life in a reflective reading generally shorn of showy gestures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Power lines were down and trees were shorn of all leaves.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
Celtic have a squad which should be capable of beating pretty much everyone in the league, but they went into the game eight points off the top of the league and shorn of confidence.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
She thought of her mom back home in her art studio in Providence, scarred and shorn and still beautiful, full of fierce belief in the rightness of her daughter.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Vocabulary lists containing shorn
Nowhere Boy
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