in one piece
Example Sentences
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“Really, the only time a Formula 1 car is ever in one piece is when it sets off out of the garage at a racetrack.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
She needed three operations, with surgeons using five screws to keep her back in one piece.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
She was just trying to get home to her three kids in one piece.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
The legs pushed out between my fingers, I gathered them up, together with the thrashing wings, and tucked the bird in one piece under my chin.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
