untarnished

Example Sentences

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The Ireland engine room has been largely untarnished in the opening three rounds, and while Tadhg Beirne remained solid, Joe McCarthy fell foul of some costly ill-discipline.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

The few lucky and untarnished ones were still a pain to enjoy.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2023

L.A. was like the royal baby in a fairy tale, endowed with abundant gifts — glittering sunlight, dramatic landscapes and lovely beaches that remain untarnished — until the bad wizard shows up with the asterisk:

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

The grinding fallout from the Great Recession dragged down his approval ratings in the U.S., but views elsewhere in the world remained untarnished.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

In its center, between the untarnished copper plates, a word was chiseled deep into the stone: valaritas.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss