unclothe

Example Sentences

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With some actors, words clothe feelings; with Jones, feelings unclothe words so that joy, rage, wonder and sadness radiate nakedly through the theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ministering angels are dimly seen in the background, and are summoned to unclothe and clothe Joshua.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

We uncover, indeed we unclothe an ugly, pot-bellied, pale-orange larva.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

How came so many men of such different races and nations of mankind to hasten to unclothe themselves of all their previous beliefs in order to adopt these fantastical fables?

From The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Rogers, Henry

Other men, again, possibly unclothe themselves of some practices, but they put on new clothing, they reform some passages for fear of censure, or shame, or such like.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh