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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

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

He would undress and get into the water with the boys, and his mysterious sense of orientation would allow him to avoid the deep and dangerous spots.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“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

She still undresses from her scrubs in the breezeway outside her home and doesn’t hug or kiss her grandmother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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

Ms Peggie previously told the tribunal that the doctor was getting undressed during the conversation, but Dr Upton has denied this.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025

When the tub was almost full the boy got undressed and stepped shivering into the water and sat.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

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 James Parton

Enter Leticia and Phillis softly, undrest, with a Box.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers

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

Keep your undrest, familiar style for strangers, but respect your friend.

From The Golden Link of Friendship by Various

The first step requires Ilana to change into a robe, undressing on top of pads placed on the floor so each item of clothing can be packaged into separate bags and collected as evidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

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

A student movement organisation first published the video of the arrest, reporting that Ms Daryaei had an altercation with security agents over not wearing a headscarf, leading to her undressing during the scuffle.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024

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

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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