DENUDE in a Sentence

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For DENUDE, below is one of 9 sentences:
But this Peachtree Street she was looking upon was so denuded of landmarks it was as unfamiliar as if she had never seen it before.

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 Meanings and Examples of DENUDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
denude
 v.  strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets; make bare
Classic Sentence:
1  The whole knoll, which rose softly on the right of the riding, was denuded and strangely forlorn.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  This denuded place always made Clifford curiously angry.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  Slowly he climbed the denuded knoll.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
4  The park was denuded of its timber, and divided into lots.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  But this Peachtree Street she was looking upon was so denuded of landmarks it was as unfamiliar as if she had never seen it before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  A denuded room came into view and the fire lost all its cheerful colour.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
7  All the rest resembles a jaw which has been denuded of its teeth.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
Example Sentence:
1  Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest.
2  The storm completely denuded the trees.