nakedness in the PONS Dictionary

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The nakedness of the statues initially caused strong protests.
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Ham saw the nakedness of his father, but made no effort to cover him, and a curse was pronounced upon him and his posterity.
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The interior is however chaste and formal, displaying even a presbyterian nakedness, the dullness of which is increased by the purple furniture of the altar.
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By giving the lender the cloak as well the debtor was reduced to nakedness.
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The class line in all its brutal nakedness became visible to me.
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When true silence falls we are still left with echo but are nearer nakedness.
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To cover their nakedness, the couple wore the flowers.
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The couple's nakedness further offended 19th century sensibilities, when their presence in a church came to be considered unacceptable.
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In both stories the man accepts food from the woman, covers his nakedness, and must leave his former realm, unable to return.
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It involves a sort of nakedness of mind, and ultimately, of soul: a feeling of being reduced to the bedrock of consciousness.
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