I guaranteed him that in both these synagogues hakafot would provide him with music "in the raw."

1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche,
He read there in the raw what is perhaps the most amazing page in the history of human development, and in the end he was forced to the conclusion that all his early preconceptions had been at fault, and that it was such exalted, passionate enthusiasts as Vilmorin who had been right.

He stood gawking at Cyndee, who was standing in the raw on the shore of the pond his daddy had put in.

As he waited for Pamela to return, Richard was standing in the raw before his full-length mirror.

James brought his hand away and immediately jumped at the sight of Cole standing in the raw, calmly passing the bag back to the inspector. “I thought you said it was safe to look,” he accused.

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