broach
noun
an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
unbroached
-
a word derived from
broach.
Example Sentences
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“No movies, no symphony, no travel,” said Morgan, ticking off discussion topics that went unbroached because few of us were going to theaters, concerts or airports.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2021
His only find was an unbroached bottle of elderberry wine which a rancher's wife was bringing home for her dinner-party next Christmas.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
And he looked so new, unbroached, pure as an arctic thing.
From Women in Love by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Septimius, inwardly blaspheming, as secluded men are apt to do when any interruption comes, and especially when it comes at some critical moment of projection, left the box as yet unbroached, and said, "Come in."
From Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Look into their cellars, and see how many barrels are unbroached of the one brand, what drippings content them of the other.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
