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View definitions for lay bare

lay bare

verb as in analyze

verb as in anatomize

verb as in denude

verb as in reveal

verb as in unclothe

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Example Sentences

Some cough up preposterous jury awards, while others lay bare the egregious failures of the criminal justice system.

Although any hot-button issue can lay bare the way fear fuels money in politics, the gun issue does it best.

Families sit down with us and lay bare their struggles and failures—as parents, as children, as people.

Zwillich knew the image would lay bare his Trekkie obsession to friends and followers.

Rose Lyndwood stared at her across the dusty shadows, and all that was noble in him lay bare in his gaze.

Several prolific beds of coal were also passed, in which large solid blocks lay bare to the view.

As the serpent uncoils its glittering folds, so did Bothwell lay bare the depravity and ambition of his heart.

And strong men sought Him alone to lay bare the longings and questionings of their hearts.

He had put harness on to die,The eagle-star shone on his breast, His sword lay bare his pillow nigh,—The sword he liked the best.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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