Example Sentences

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At 6am in Portugal, at the pristine breakfast buffet, unbesmirched by human hand as I’m its first customer, I fill a plate with sugary pastries.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2019

On the off chance that you’re as unbesmirched as I was, here’s a primer on the first movie, which was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 14, 2017

But while the rock-ism wars have been noisy and fierce, Grohl has somehow remained unbesmirched.

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2015

He is unbesmirched by its recent difficulties and, at 61, has the gravitas and experience that now looks desperately needed.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2012

Even then 'twas a sorry offence, which merited no more than a month, so that he returned to freedom and his fiddle with his character unbesmirched.

From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles