scatheless

Example Sentences

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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

If the saints bring ye out scatheless, tell my master, Sir John, that I did my duty.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Where else, in God’s green earth, have taken his pick of restaurants, ransacked the bill of fare, and departed scatheless?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Savoyard gentleman is entirely and unexceptionably orthodox in religion; it may be doubted whether a severe inquisition in matters of Sensibility would let him off scatheless.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

The scurvy here, as with all the parties, attacked the men, leaving the officers scatheless.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick