unstained

Example Sentences

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He prided himself on having a mind unstained by certainties.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

The front galleries upstairs were once printing sheds, and still signal their lapsed function through their saw-toothed windows and unstained wood floors.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

This attitude to politics and history is characteristic of what Hegel called “the beautiful soul”—one who remains unstained by the world because he declines to engage with it.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018

His wildly successful stand-up concerts and albums, the smash hit TV shows, the immense comedic talent that gave him power to change pop culture - nothing is left unstained.

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2018

In the library the iron stairway swayed, and light glittered on the marble eyes of Hugh Crain; Theodora’s yellow shirt hung neat and unstained, Mrs. Dudley was setting the lunch table for five.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson