How to Use naked in a Sentence

naked

adjective
  • He was naked from the waist up.
  • Their eggs are tiny and can look like bits of dirt to the naked eye.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
  • This is the first time in my life that strangers have looked at me naked.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The mammoth, naked from the midriff up, looked as though he were headed to the pool.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Do not stare at the sun with your naked eyes during the eclipse.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
  • In 1947, Short's naked corpse was found in a vacant lot.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 6 June 2023
  • Cold and naked, with the eyes of the world on me, or perhaps looking through me.
    Django Gold, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Kendall Jenner has put her own spin on the naked dress trend.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023
  • One way to feel better naked is to…take your clothes off.
    Carina Hsieh, SELF, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Late in the premiere, Oz is fully naked and tied up to a chair.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
  • For now, though, Menke took comfort in what the naked eye was telling him.
    Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Hard not to read the lush blacks in his naked Black back as a criticism of that.
    Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • When Seales scanned them, nothing appeared to the naked eye.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Hailey Bieber is in the running to become queen of the naked dress.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Yet her body — later seen naked — is a child's, thin and gawky.
    Kristin McMurran, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • Few have leaned in with such naked abandon as Bruno Le Maire.
    Sam Schechner, WSJ, 30 May 2023
  • Doja Cat took the naked dress to new heights at the 2024 Grammys on Sunday.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In at least one post liked by McNally, the man is naked.
    Andy Sher, Shelby Farmer Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn. (tns), al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • His costar was at least partially naked in the dirty flick.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • Their speedy jumps looked to the naked eye like frantic fleeing.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Who is the dude naked Ariana is playing with in the pool?
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In mix: Kate Beckinsale, who just hit the red carpet in the coolest naked romper.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 27 May 2023
  • There is, in fact, a lot of naked flesh on display throughout the season.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • During a bus ride to school, the kid of one of O’Rourke’s officers saw a naked woman on the bridge.
    oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2023
  • For the most part, spotting all that garbage still requires the naked eye and a fair deal of walking.
    Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
  • On the big night, Apophis will be visible with the naked eye from parts of Europe and Africa.
    oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
  • This comet cannot be seen with the naked eye—no matter what anyone tells you!
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • That child starts his life invisible to the naked eye, to be sure.
    Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, 8 Dec. 2022
  • These silt and clay particles are too small to perceive with the naked eye.
    David R. Montgomery, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024
  • To the naked eye, everything looks nearly identical, save for the big Ozlo logo on the case instead of Bose.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2024

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