How to Use exposed in a Sentence

exposed

adjective
  • What was up with all the exposed brick?
    — Conrad Kickert, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Khloé went more exposed on both days.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Some schools are more exposed than others.
    — Lauren Sausser, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Some lenders are more exposed than others.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • The trail will lead you to an exposed, at times jagged, cliffside.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The west side of your house is more exposed, thus hotter than the east side.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
  • And if bare legs and ankle boots still feel too exposed for you, play around with the styling.
    — Franziska Fuchs, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2024
  • To be in this fat, Black, femme body, is to always feel a bit exposed.
    — Faylita Hicks, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Like other glow-in-the-dark items, these fresh blooms shine brighter the longer they're exposed to light.
    — Jessica Mattern, Country Living, 26 Sep. 2017
  • This means the space was only exposed when rainwater washed the ash away.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Fifty percent of a farm’s land had to remain exposed to sunlight.
    — John Fialka, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Nearly half the lakebed sits exposed, drying by the day and blowing dust plumes when the winds kick up.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But a few sensitive areas — around the eyes and ears, up the trunk — remain exposed.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • What to Consider The top only snaps closed, so your items are more or less exposed.
    — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
  • One of our first dates was a three-pitch climb on a very exposed face on Independence Pass—in the rain.
    — Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Hoary vervain is a drought tolerant perennial perfect for hot, exposed sites.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
  • As the weather warms up, so, too, will the offense, and the Tigers’ staff will become more exposed to their shortcomings.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Playing without Curry on the floor, the no-name Warriors looked fairly exposed on both ends of the court.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 5 June 2019
  • And in the height of summer, with an extra air conditioner pumping in the corner, the heat from the semi-exposed kitchen can make the dining room feel slightly steamy.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The objective is to reduce exposed equity within the entity in a lawful and structured manner.
    — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The outer layers of the star will eventually cool and disperse, leaving a nebula of ex-stellar material surrounding the sun's core, which will then become an exposed cooling stellar remnant called a white dwarf.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Prep Your Home’s Exterior Winterizing is an important step to protect exposed infrastructure from damage caused by cold temperatures or heavy snowfall.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
  • During that intrusion, the attacker discovered an exposed API that could be used to access customer information linked to 700Credit's dealership clients.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The eggs are the first fossils to be reliably dated from the Qinglongshan fossil reserve, which includes three sites containing more than 3,000 eggs, the majority of which are semi-exposed and preserved in 3D, with their original shapes largely intact.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025

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