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How to use unscathed in a sentence

19 example sentences · adjective

Unscathed means not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched. Example: “He was quite relieved to finish the conversation unscathed.”

Examples of unscathed by meaning

adjectiveNot harmed or damaged in any way; untouched.

  • He was quite relieved to finish the conversation unscathed.
  • On Tyneside, the suburban electric services were relatively unscathed by the conditions.1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159
  • Rather, it was a signal that McCoist had reached a fairly significant conclusion – that his only hope of getting through this storm unscathed was to get his fragile team back on the front foot.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record

More sentences with unscathed

  • Nay man could have come out of such a situation unscathed.From the entry nay
  • I think your guardian angel was working overtime this week. You're lucky to be unscathed.From the entry guardian angel
  • He emerged unscathed from the accident.From the entry emerge
  • It was good of him to take the fall for you like that, I just wonder if he will come out of this one unscathed.From the entry take the fall
  • "I bet the green car will make it unscathed!" said Mildred. Suddenly, there came a loud crunch from the racetrack. "Or not," she sighed.From the entry or not
  • We backpacked for ten days in total wilderness in the as yet unscathed and untrekked Canyonlands.2008, Laird Christensen, Hal Crimmel, Teaching about Place: Learning from the Land, page 22. From the entry untrekked
  • By it alone we can pass through all these intricacies, through these showers of miseries, unscathed.1900 January 4, Swami Vivekananda, “Work and Its Secret”, in ramakrishnavivekananda.info. From the entry superdivine
  • Many of them are still basking in baronial splendor, apparently unscathed even by the pangs of guilty conscience.2015, Jason Zweig, The Devil's Financial Dictionary, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry earn
  • Nationalist politics, walled off for decades by an artificial silence, have emerged practically unscathed from the ruins of Communism's enforced internationalism.1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1. From the entry wall off
  • The kids respectfully — or at least prudently — let the squad cars go by unscathed and unsquirted.1989, Bruce Ritter, Covenant House: Lifeline to the Street, page 24. From the entry unsquirted
  • Paphian eyes rayed upon me, and left me unscathed.1906, O. Henry, Man About Town. From the entry Paphian
  • However, certainty is anything but a sure thing these days, and the bread-and-butter of the US economy might not go unscathed, said RSM economist Brusuelas.2025 April 9, Alicia Wallace, “The next round of Trump’s tariffs could hurt even more. Here’s what to expect”, in CNN Business. From the entry RSM
  • They return home, suntanned and unscathed.2025 November 26, Fang Yongrui (pseudonym), “Tourism as Treason: Pastor Sun Chenghao Sentenced to Four and a Half Years for a Trip”, in…. From the entry honeymooner
  • The girl, who was identified by news outlets only by her last name, Lin, landed mostly unscathed at the Hsinchu International Kite Festival.2020 August 31, Tiffany May, “Girl in Taiwan Is Swept High by a Kite”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on…. From the entry Hsinchu
  • Most insects consume tissue from the leaf blade were measured just past the twist on the side away only, leaving the leaf petioles unscathed.1978, Harry T. Valentine, Estimating Defoliation of Hardwoods Using Blade-petiole Relations, Forest Service Research Paper NE 405, US…. From the entry petiole
  • The field was all our own in five minutes; the garrison was unscathed, the enemy had six killed, and it must have taken the others weeks to mend their dogholes.2020, Gordon Stables, The Cruise of the Snowbird, page 118. From the entry doghole

Meaning of unscathed

  1. adjective Not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched.

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Questions about unscathed in a sentence

How do you use unscathed in a sentence?
Unscathed is used as an adjective. For example: “He was quite relieved to finish the conversation unscathed.”
What is a short sentence with unscathed?
“He emerged unscathed from the accident.”
What does unscathed mean?
Unscathed means not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched.

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