scatheless

Example Sentences

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It would be a bonny thing if, by the escape of one ill-doer another was to go scatheless, 83 and the remeid is to summon the principal and put him to outlawry for the non-compearance.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

All the time the devilish conviction grew that if he persisted in this flummery he might emerge scatheless from a ghastly ordeal.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis

It must not be supposed, however, that while the enemy was being punished so severely, we were going scatheless.

From Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Lumley, Savile

It is not necessary to state that to have passed the ordeal of so severe a cross-examination scatheless, needed no small amount of courage, intelligence, and ready shrewdness on the part of the witness. 

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel

Dennis had come scatheless through the action at sea, but now he felt a burning pang in his forearm, and saw that the sleeve of his doublet was singed.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert