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undress

[uhn-dres] / ʌnˈdrɛs /


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“I think we achieved it, but along the way, we had to undress the character’s successes and failures, many of which had consequences in his life,” Gómez Fernandez says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 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

“I had to undress my children to their underwear only,” said Mr. Abu Hatab, 33.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2024

“I had to undress to my underwear for a short period, it was very uncomfortable. They did not want to let me use the bathroom, for example.”

From Washington Post Jan. 4, 2023

This evening I don’t want the journey to stretch out; I long to get home, to undress and get into the shower, to be where no one can look at me.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

“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

It’s only when Agnes undresses that persona — in a calculated and tense final scene reminiscent of the imbroglio in the recent piece “Bad Art Friend” — that the narrator can see her.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2021

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

Dr Upton has denied getting undressed during the exchange.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2025

Drawing the curtains, Chronicler undressed for bed, laying his clothes over the back of a chair.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Languid, he lit, and left his Brigliador To a discreet attendant; one undrest His limbs, one doffed the golden spurs he wore, And one bore off, to clean, his iron vest.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Falsehood more leisurely undrest, And, laying by her tawdry vest, Trick'd herself out in Truth's array, And 'cross the meadows tript away.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

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 Fielding, Henry

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 MacDonald, George

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 Howie, John

She said she felt "uncomfortable and embarrassed" with the idea of undressing in front of Dr Upton and stepped back out into the hall.

From BBC Feb. 3, 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

By the time I was undressing for the pelvic exam, I was nervous but hopeful.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2021

Sticky had stepped into a shower stall without undressing and was trying to grip the faucet handle, but his slimy hand kept slipping off.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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