Example Sentences
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As the floodwaters careened through the town, Rai ran into Prasad, shirtless and crying, and urged him to get to higher ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
You wouldn’t show up to an in-person interview shirtless, would you?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
The 19-year-old said his video call to the woman had been picked up by "a shirtless man with darkish hair".
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
In “The Beauty,” Kutcher’s character is apparently frequently shirtless and/or wearing a Speedo, so he had to get back in shape before filming started.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
He had the whitest teeth that I had ever seen, and he was shirtless all the time.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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