How to Use undress in a Sentence

undress

1 of 2 verb
  • She undressed the children for bed.
  • She undressed and climbed into bed.
  • But just as she was set to leave, a new doctor walked in and told her to undress again.
    — New York Times, 5 July 2021
  • You'll be left alone to undress to your comfort level.
    — Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But the curtain that should be there to undress behind wasn’t there.
    — New York Times, 5 July 2021
  • Farmer agreed to undress and lie under a sheet on a massage table.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The teacher, who also undressed, walked around the room speaking through the flows of the class.
    — NBC News, 26 July 2019
  • Ortega also used video chat a few times and asked the girl to undress in front of the camera.
    — Julie Small, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The Chargers use a lot of pre-snap motion to undress the defense.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 18 June 2018
  • How did school board handle woman undressing?
    — FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • No student is required to undress in the presence of any other student.
    — oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
  • The mood comes crashing down when Joe falls into a bookcase while trying to undress.
    — Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • There is no camera in the common bathrooms, which are outside of the room where people can undress/change.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Second is whether O’Day was forced to undress in front of a cabin full of people.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • More time goes by and finally a nurse comes out and takes me to a cold room and asks me to undress and put a thin gown on and wait for a doctor.
    — Anna Lea Hand, Longreads, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Archer initially said one student chose to undress as part of a midterm that required students to confront fear.
    — Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Each woman was told to undress and lie on a massage table, while three others restrained her legs and shoulders.
    — Barry Meier, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The man drove to an open area of the county grounds, parked and then ordered the woman to undress before assaulting her.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Eight young men gather in a bosky riverbank scene; six wear swimming trunks, one is half-dressed, another begins to undress.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Those of us undressing ears of corn in the supermarket aren't just looking for perfect rows of kernels.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 12 July 2017
  • Kyra slowly moves her halting mother into the bathroom, undresses her and helps her into the tub.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • After taking her to his room, Weinstein undressed her, then climbed on top of her and raped her, Hast said.
    — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The room is bathed in soft light, and filmed with a male and female gaze in mind—with equal time spent undressing and highlighting both characters.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Saleem is accused of asking the woman to partly undress and assaulting her, the complaint said.
    — Chao Xiong, Star Tribune, 18 May 2021
  • Within a few hours, Savannah undressed and got into the shower.
    — Bernice Yeung, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
  • Then, Alvarez undressed and proceeded to take a shower with the door and shower curtain open.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The Emiratis told the victims to undress and lie down — and then spread their legs open, touched their genitals and probed their rectums.
    — Maggie Michael, Fox News, 21 June 2018
  • Ken Burns likes to imagine Loretta Lynn undressing in the backseat of a car.
    — Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Though, before the last brick of the Emirates Stadium laid to dry the plan began to undress at the seams.
    — SI.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Some don’t even feel comfortable using their own locker rooms, choosing to change in their cars before games rather than be forced to undress in front of boys.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026

undress

2 of 2 noun
  • Once the tub was filled, Fisher cut her restraints and told her to undress and get in the tub.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Bonanni tends to go for the bottom half of the body and lets the actor undress up top.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2021
  • And to those who would strongly prefer not to see this woman in a state of undress, well, scroll safely out there.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The walls inside were lined with pictures of rail-thin male models in various stages of undress.
    — Longreads, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The lead character, after all, spends much of the movie in various stages of undress.
    — CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Even with his filtration receipt, he was questioned and sometimes made to undress.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The ick factor of a father posting a photo of his daughter in a state of undress ran too high for some people.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity.com, 15 May 2017
  • At some point, Tiny allegedly instructed the teen to undress.
    — Essence, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Seminar staff were openly ogling the women in their state of undress—smiling and laughing.
    — Greg Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
  • While performing on stage, there are also limitations to the state of undress and acts that can be performed.
    — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The photos showed women in various stages of undress, and some were identified and others were not.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The tabloid later claimed to have photos of Bezos in various states of undress, but did not publish them.
    — Michael Rothfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2020
  • His boys are coy, knowing, and lithe; the male odalisque, in a state of opulent undress, is a favorite leitmotif.
    — Christopher Alessandrini, The New York Review of Books, 18 May 2019
  • According to court documents, Finch demanded the girl undress, and then put his hands around her neck and raped her.
    — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Baker, who also wrote the screenplay, appears in various stages of undress throughout the movie.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Who would pay for a calendar featuring a half-dozen middle-aged and older ladies in various forms of undress?
    — Tom Titus, Daily Pilot, 8 June 2017
  • She was told to undress, her private parts were inspected, and she was subjected to an invasive anal exam.
    — New York Times, 5 July 2021
  • On April 14, he was spotted in a state of undress during a parliamentary video call.
    — Zamira Rahim, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • Both adults and children were seen naked in those recordings and also were unaware they were being recorded in various stages of undress.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The Abel test gauges a subject's visual reaction time to slides of people in various states of undress.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The steamy clip, which finds the star in various stages of undress and, at the end, winding up with a woman, sparked buzz about her sexuality.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Andrew had reported that Owen groped him, encouraged him to undress and kissed him during sessions.
    — Jessica Schreifels, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Sweaty men and women in various stages of undress move all around me, as Akiko drapes her arms over my shoulders and presses a wet paper towel to the back of my neck.
    — Dani Fleischer, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2019
  • This scene, if not the same conversation, is repeated on most nights in any of the many theaters and clubs in this area that feature dancing women in varying stages of undress.
    — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018
  • The nuns take lots of baths, masturbate to organ music, and thrust to harpsichords — this is a movie in a state of perpetual undress and fairly shallow for it.
    — Elle Carroll, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Bell emerged from the clubhouse – a huge no-no, post-ejection – and made a beeline for Hurdle, getting tackled and emerging in various stages of undress.
    — USA Today, 10 May 2021
  • Reynolds knew Higgins was found in a state of undress after arriving late at night with Lehrmann, but no further details, the senator told the court.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Those photos and videos, which depict the girls in various states of undress, constitute the first nine counts, the last three of which allege distribution of child pornography.
    — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Around the mid- to late-1950s, those regulations eased, and films began to depict actors in various states of undress.
    — Jessica P. Ogilvie, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The leak of Gruden's emails also revealed that Allen had sent Gruden pictures of cheerleaders in various stages of undress.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'undress.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: