How to Use topless in a Sentence

topless

adjective
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  • This isn't the first time Erin has shared a topless photo of her man.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The men wanted to make enough money to open a topless club.
    — Chron, 9 Aug. 2022
  • In Buck’s photos, many of the partners of dancers are shown topless or nude.
    — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The grand finalè of her post was a topless shot of Kenny from the back, letting her pair of jeans by The Row be the star of the show.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 30 Mar. 2023
  • While few beaches are topless, tiny tops and tinier bottoms are the norm.
    — Teddy Minford, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Sheer shirts and topless open blazers worn with slouchy jeans?
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
  • One time, a topless photo of me ended up in the MoMA for six months.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 23 May 2023
  • By the end, in one of the video’s best shots, she and the dancers are going wild in the Louvre basement, and topless men are jumping for joy in front of the sphinx.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 17 June 2018
  • Ware is dripping in pearls, with hair teased to the heavens, on the topless album cover.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In the clip, the mom of two is running into the operating room topless.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • The image showed the couple, both topless, wearing jeans.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The post features a topless pot of alleged gumbo, sitting in the front seat of Cantrell’s car, with the seat belt safely strapped around it.
    — Kaylee Poche, NOLA.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Kim went topless with her precious baby Chi in her arms.
    — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 19 Feb. 2021
  • When someone walks in on them, viewers see a woman topless from behind and on top of a man.
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
  • In Mobile, state law written in the 1990s bans topless or nude dancing in clubs licensed to sell liquor.
    — al.com, 11 June 2019
  • In the third video, Jenner is completely topless in front of the mirror, posing for the camera.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The collar of the coat was turned up behind Perry’s neck and fit the singer in such a way to slightly expose her topless torso.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 26 June 2024
  • In 1964 his breast-baring topless bathing suit for women was publicized, praised and damned the world over.
    — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The boat features a topless figure of Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and fertility, on the bow.
    — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
  • During the 2013 men’s final, a topless man carrying a fiery flare jumped onto the court.
    — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • To think, this fashion empire started from an over-the-top, topless fashion show at the Russian Tea Room.
    — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In April, the Madame X singer posted a series of topless selfies to her Instagram.
    — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The 35-year-old singer stripped down for some topless tanning in the backyard, in a video posted to Instagram, Tuesday.
    — Janine Puhak, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
  • The five contestants were then photographed topless, said their lawyer, Mellisa Anggraeni, adding there was no need for such checks.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The poet and the mixed media artist wed with the help of a fiery red reception gown, bridesmaids dressed like Disney princesses, and a topless dance — by the groom.
    — Essence, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But the aha moment came during the summer of 2015 when the tabloids went to town condemning the topless women in body paint hustling for tips in Times Square.
    — Karrie Jacobs, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Yet another woman in a third painting is topless and asleep in a lounge chair by a pool, white doves flying above her.
    — New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • The gods seemed hellbent on me never kissing a topless Tahitian.
    — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Most states allow women to go topless, the site reports, with only three having a clear ban.
    — Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 10 July 2019
  • The wipe-clean thrones are comfortably padded, but a painful fate awaits any shorts-wearer who enters a topless Bronc on a hot, sunny day.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2021

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