Adjective, adverb : a barefoot boy; to walk barefoot. From Dictionary.com.
He was barefooted, shirtless, and wore cutoff denim shorts. From Wordnik.com. [Fanfare for a Soldier] Reference
And Kat had to go barefooted and carry her one wooden shoe. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
Many returned barefooted and threadbare, in the chill month of. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference
She rose, crossed the room barefooted, half-opened the shutters. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Shoes are badly needed at once or all Johnstown will be barefooted. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
She is barefooted, and on the earth floor her tread makes no sound. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
S'posing we have to go barefooted, and this the last day of the term!. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
Two barefooted, but very husky negroes came running in from the portico. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
So one morning when dancing about as usual he happened to be barefooted. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
But suddenly into the focus of the cameras ran a barefooted urchin waving. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
A sickly barefooted 6-year-old approached the vehicle; he looked so sick. From Wordnik.com. [To Topple a Tyrant] Reference
Already the daylight was wakening others than these foolish barefooted waifs. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
I would not dare even offer her a pair of shoes, and she's generally barefooted. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
A man may be bald-headed, and it's genteel; but to be barefooted, it's ruination. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
Yet one walks toward it, barefooted, on the heated pavement, heedless of the heat. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Some had taken their shoes off, and limped along barefooted over the cobble-stones. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
Africa without food or drink, barefooted, with a crocodile snapping at their heels. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
She was barefooted; he gave her yarn and knitting-needles that she might make stockings. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"I am a poor, ragged, barefooted girl, the daughter of a boat-keeper, and that is not all!". From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
Handcuffed and barefooted, she was run over by a truck and later bled to death from her wounds. From Wordnik.com. [Failing The Grade] Reference
He wore shabby garments, was barefooted, and carried a staff as though he were lame or rheumatic. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
The fable of the barefooted shoemaker is as true of nations as it was formerly of individual artisans. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
He had noticed previously that the slave had been thinly clad and was barefooted even in cold weather. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
It was borne on the shoulders of the nobles, who, barefooted, walked slowly with eyes cast to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
She and her mother were angry to see a barefooted girl and an old chair allowed to enter the highest hall. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
Half-turning his head, he saw a barefooted urchin dash across the street and into a store on the other side. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Node had on a ole feather head dress, barefooted 'ceptin' socks, no hat or coat, kivered with dust and so was. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
But there was no man visible in the hall, only a little barefooted girl asleep -- fast asleep upon his lounge. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Save for the occasional rattle of a passing cart, the village was silent, for these fisher-folk go barefooted. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
The person gathering it was to be clad in white, to be barefooted, and to offer a sacrifice of bread and wine. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
These women, barefooted, according to the rule of their order, came of noble blood and had been born to luxury. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
Suddenly there are steps on the stairs, the light foot steps of barefooted women pattering over the white mats. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"From being a barefooted girl selling blackberries on the mountain to being a noble lady with a retinue of servants.". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
It was a hot day -- such a day as one likes to creep along barefooted in the wet grass by the brooks, fishing-pole in hand. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
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