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How to use topless in a sentence

17 example sentences · adjective, adverb, noun

Topless means lacking a top. Example: “The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.”

Examples of topless by meaning

adjectiveLacking a top.

  • The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.

adjectiveNot wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.

  • The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.

adjectiveFeaturing women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.

  • Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.

adverbNot wearing any clothes on the upper body.

  • 'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.'1985, Joan Morrison, Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 43
  • Fort Collins, Colorado has decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public.2019 September 19, Pete Williams, “Topless women win big as Colorado city drops ban”, in NBC News

More sentences with topless

  • Gary was a hulking meathead who, when he wasn't playing football, was either hunting, fishing or getting drunk and rowdy in some topless bar.From the entry meathead
  • Topless variants may still be considered bikinis, although technically no longer two-piece swimsuits.2011 July 15, Tap Vann, “THE BIKINI TURNS 65”, in Weekly World News, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022. From the entry seekini
  • She expected an assortment of Skinema posters or photos of topless screen sirens, but the walls were bare.2020 May 19, Thomas O'Callaghan, No One Will Hear Your Screams: A Novel, WildBlue Press, →ISBN. From the entry skinema
  • We shook hands, he looked surprised to see me topless.2016, Pradip Chauhan, Love Stories, New Delhi: Educreation Publishing, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry perspire
  • This park is not copless, so please don't go topless.1991, Brian K. Roberts, "Brush with Greatness", The Simpsons, seen written on a sign. From the entry copless
  • The Argentina fan who risked jail by getting her kit off at the World Cup final has broken her silence by posting more topless videos.2022 December 20, “Topless Argie fan breaks silence with more nude vids as she dodges Qatar's wrath”, in The US Sun. From the entry kit
  • As we both typed away in our respective rooms, she would Gchat me things like, “I put 20 gumballs in my mouth and am topless.”2021 February 16, Tracy Clark-Flory, “Cautionary”, in Want Me: A Sex Writer’s Journey into the Heart of Desire, New York, N.Y.: Penguin…. From the entry gchat
  • Metselaar-Berthold, East Germany's version of Nan Goldin, captured scenes of disorderly bohemia (where supposedly none existed) in parties of topless women and pantless men.2009 February 12, Michael Kimmelman, “Art in Two Germanys Often Spoke the Same Tongue”, in New York Times. From the entry pantless
  • One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want.1995 September, “The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford”, in Playboy. From the entry offend
  • West Coast, the clubs and restaurants that feature topless female entertainers and waitresses also seemed to be going the way of all flesh.1967 August 18, “Tops & Bottoms”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2008. From the entry go the way of all flesh
  • The mag won’t drop for another two weeks but the Stylers are beyond excited about seeing a topless Harry – and at getting a sneak peek of the interview.2019 August 21, “Lov-ing it”, in Daily Star. From the entry styler
  • The same sort of blatant hypocrisy manifest in a tabloid paper notorious for its daily combination of a topless female centerfold with articles condemning the "immorality" of "poufs" and "queers."1988 August 20, Chris Reed, “The English 'Strip-tique'”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 16. From the entry pouf

Meaning of topless

  1. adjective Lacking a top.
  2. adjective Very high; towering.
  3. adjective Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.

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Questions about topless in a sentence

How do you use topless in a sentence?
Topless is used as an adjective, adverb and noun. For example: “The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.”
What is a short sentence with topless?
“'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.'”
What does topless mean?
Topless means lacking a top.

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