untarnished
Example Sentences
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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
Clearly, Alabama’s offense was far more powerful than any unit the Bulldogs faced in their untarnished regular season.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.