How to Use untarnished in a Sentence

untarnished

adjective
  • It was sliced clean off, leaving a patch of bright, untarnished metal.
    — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The balloon is red and floats there, bright and untarnished, amid the rows of faded waste.
    — Andy Schatschneider, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Others chipped in for their slice of this untarnished paradise.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2019
  • Instead, all calls would be just, and fair, and the result would shine pure and untarnished as a result.
    — Will Leitch, Daily Intelligencer, 5 June 2018
  • Their lives are so untarnished by the broader culture that to be with them is refreshing.
    — Kim Woodard Osterholzer, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • He has not been defeated in any past major election so untarnished in that respect.
    — Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Though windows, doors and decorations were smashed and shattered, the stones still stood, stately and untarnished.
    — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
  • For untarnished jewelry, mix a few drops of mild dish detergent with warm water, and scrub with a soft-bristle toothbrush.
    — Amanda Greene, Woman's Day, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Gold’s allure remains as untarnished as the noble metal itself.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2015
  • Of the three corporate players involved here, Anthem is the only one that comes out untarnished.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021
  • And in a future when traditional networks are less important than untarnished brand names, that was a trade-off not worth making.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 29 May 2018
  • The governor, who has largely enjoyed an untarnished image of good vibes and sparkling charisma, must now face a reality check.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
  • So far, its reputation with shoppers has remained largely untarnished.
    — Marc Bain, Quartzy, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The results are private—something the authors do note—and so the Greens reputation remains untarnished.
    — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Unable to verbalize her thoughts, but with her body untarnished and ageless, a disruptive electrical current makes her presence known.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • This time last year, 2020 seemed an untarnished slate of glimmering possibility.
    — Sophie Wirt, Allure, 20 Dec. 2020
  • So Meade, a man who has worked in Cabinet for presidents of two different parties, is stressing his own, relatively untarnished record.
    — Fox News, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Nowhere will be hit harder by Brexit than Dover, the port whose white cliffs are immortalized as untarnished bastions of purity in the hard-Brexiteers’ mind.
    — Isobel Thompson, vanityfair.com, 4 Apr. 2017
  • And there was no lack of running chatter on style from the starting gun -- Walz started off shakily before settling in, while Vance's media polish remained largely untarnished throughout the night.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Post-2019 reunion, the Jonas Brothers have enjoyed steady success, charming fans with their untarnished tack for brotherly harmony.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Their reputations remain untarnished, unlike those of the leaders of Pheu Thai, as Duangrit penitently demonstrated.
    — Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2023
  • But the truth is that violence against women has never been bad for business; in fact, there is much money to be made by collaborating, crediting, and hopping onto the often largely untarnished musical legacies of violent men.
    — Verónica Bayetti Flores, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Arrival The prestige/time-travel/monster movie was a huge hit, and earned director Denis Villeneuve another hit on his so-far untarnished streak of heady, satisfying movies that ask big questions.
    — Tom Philip, GQ, 3 May 2018
  • But if the response to the brand’s menswear showing during Milan Fashion Week were any indication, an idealized and untarnished version of the American dream lives on abroad.
    — Zachary Weiss, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
  • If Moro is no longer the untarnished paragon of civic virtue, he is seen by many supporters instead as the wily strategist working every angle—above board or subterranean, as needed—to block a Workers’ Party comeback.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Just as paleontologists hunt for fossils in isolated caves and dry rift valleys, cosmologists have identified relatively untarnished parts of the universe where atomic nuclei have remained largely undisturbed since the earliest times.
    — Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2012
  • His actions, in conjunction with those of Pam Nissler, the library’s executive director, amount to nothing less than censorship at a time when the nation can ill afford to censor one of its last untarnished democratic institutions.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2017
  • Of the 38 state champions who were crowned, an eye-popping 14 wrestlers — including Smith — finished with untarnished regular and postseason records at their respective weight classes between the three divisions.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2021
  • But after the government notched a nearly untarnished win streak of more than 80 insider-trading convictions, the Newman decision overturned two convictions and prompted the office to dismiss charges against several others.
    — Nicole Hong, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The area has lured people seeking a place of untarnished natural beauty with accessible outdoor activity—an antidote to Seattle that isn’t as full of vacationing Seattleites as many closer destinations.
    — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2018

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