Unscathed
[ʌn'skeɪðd] or [ʌn'skeðd]
Definition
adj. not harmed or injured.
Editor: Stu
Examples
- Unscathed by the lance of his enemy, he had died a victim to the violence of his own contending passions. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not one solitary house escaped unscathed--not one remained habitable, even. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We had performed the miraculous and come through a thousand dangers unscathed--we had escaped from the land of the First Born. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Satisfying herself that I had come off unscathed she smiled quietly, and, taking my hand, started toward the door of the chamber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Her vanity was stung by the sight of his unscathed smile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And then he told him to go away and not to provoke him, if he intended to get home unscathed. Plato. The Republic.
- But the Prophet himself went unscathed because he was well connected, and his opponents did not want to begin a blood feud. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He has fought successfully two contested elections, and has come out of the ordeal unscathed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Stu