How to Use unscathed in a Sentence

unscathed

adjective
  • She escaped from the wreckage unscathed.
  • The administration was left relatively unscathed by the scandal.
  • In short, few emerge unscathed.
    — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Your charm might not be enough to skate through life unscathed at this time.
    — Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022
  • The point is not to make it out of the woods quickly or unscathed.
    — Charles Yu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The people were less unscathed but still safe.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Pomeranz couldn’t get out of the eighth unscathed.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn't mean a child will survive unscathed.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Her building, on the east end, was unscathed by the fire last week.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024
  • Some shops seem unscathed, while others lost tops of some walls or worse.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The men don’t get out unscathed, either.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Democrats didn’t emerge unscathed from the midterm elections.
    — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • No team faces the league’s best on a week-to-week basis and emerges unscathed.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But the pad didn't survive unscathed.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 June 2026
  • The priests, who led them in would emerge unscathed, having learned to hold their breath.
    — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Smoky was the only one to make it out of the encounter unscathed.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In a year of loss, the Supreme Court didn’t emerge unscathed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • He was last seen in Berry Creek and his car was found unscathed.
    — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The same plant in a garden can range from being unscathed to dead.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • No one gets out unscathed, but Moore is left holding the bag.
    — Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The thieves made off with Ford's camera and left him unscathed.
    — Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The car was totaled, but Bergman walked away unscathed.
    — Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The league got through the first three weeks of the season largely unscathed.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Bradley worked over a pair of walks in the first inning, getting out unscathed.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
  • José admitted that he had not been unscathed.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The brothers and the mother-and-son dog team made it out of the house unscathed.
    — René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Brent Suter came on and loaded the bases only to emerge from the jam unscathed.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2021
  • But Forbes bounced back with a pair of strikeouts to escape the jam unscathed.
    — Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
  • Outside of a one-out walk, Sdao gets out of the inning unscathed.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
  • With the brewery mostly unscathed, Nunns’ goal is to help those in need.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024

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