How to Use barefoot in a Sentence

barefoot

adverb or adjective

• Then the train passes a slum, where a boy stands barefoot on the side of the road.
  — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2020
• Many cannot afford shoes and make their rounds barefoot, with bleeding feet.
  — Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020
• The police arrived to find what looked like a homeless man, barefoot, lying under a blanket on a park bench.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2020
• The feeling of walking around barefoot on different textures.
  — Caitlin Etherton, National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2020
• Inspired, in part, by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gustin took up lifting barefoot.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2020
• In this case, sandals, fancy flats, or going barefoot are both totally OK.
  — Anny Choi, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024
• Grounding — some people call it earthing — is the practice of walking barefoot on natural surfaces.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2024
• With 11 other musicians, all of them barefoot and dressed in silvery gray suits, Byrne leads a jubilant march on a road to nowhere.
  — Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020
• In the ring, the imposing Mr. Harris stomped about barefoot, sported a loincloth, slapped his belly and carried a spear.
  — Ben Sumner, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2020
• In the ring, the imposing Mr. Harris stomped around barefoot, sported a loincloth, slapped his belly and carried a spear.
  — Ben Sumner, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
• But while going barefoot might be ideal in some ways for your foot, there’s something to be said about comfort and safety — not to mention personal preference and personal needs.
  — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2020
• One activity was splashing barefoot through puddles in the stretch of concrete between us and the Delaware River.
  — National Geographic, 5 Aug. 2020
• After going barefoot for meetings and to get the mail, slipping a heeled shoe back on now would be like … trying to move back in with my parents house after spending so much time getting used to life without their restrictions.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
• The case first started in July when local authorities found Cavett’s toddler son wandering the streets of Miramar, barefoot and all alone.
  — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• When Zsa Zsa called her, LaTonya rushed out of the house barefoot to their home.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 5 Jan. 2022
• Teens lined up barefoot and smoked so much pot in the men’s room that the staff had to remove the stall doors.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2023
• The two would go outside barefoot and throw the football back and forth.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2022
• In 2018, Kristin Stewart took off her heels in the middle of the red carpet and walked the rest of the way barefoot.
  — Louis Pisano, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 July 2021
• Make a pot of soup, bake a pie, take a bubble bath, dance barefoot.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2022
• About two hours before the game, Beckham warmed up barefoot for a bit on the field.
  — cleveland, 12 Sep. 2021
• She was last seen wearing gray pants and a pink shirt and might have been barefoot.
  — Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2021
• Loose shoes — like, flip-flops ― are a no-no, and so is going barefoot.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
• His feet didn’t show signs of having walked a long way barefoot.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2022
• In the next photo, their two kids stand barefoot on the beach holding the sonogram in their hands.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• She was last seen wearing gray pants, a pink shirt and may have been barefoot.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 July 2021
• The next month, Murphy joined them for the Vogue cover, barefoot on the beach in floral gowns.
  — WSJ, 27 Apr. 2021
• And working out barefoot can be good for the foot itself, too.
  — Julia Ries, Health, 26 May 2023
• For now, though, relish the simple joy of walking barefoot in the grass.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
• JP Sipla, a 44-year-old member, is one of those golfers who plays his rounds barefoot.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2021
• The children plowed the fields barefoot and wore shoes only in winter.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024