Example Sentences

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Now, the 23-year-old gets to climb into the crevices of unpainted submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Through the exhibit, the building is allowed to show its skin: Walls are plastered but unpainted, and the basement is stuffed with bric-a-brac accumulated during its long, colorful history.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

My nails are almost always unpainted, wide and short, my pinky nail practically just a sliver.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025

Unlike human homes, the birdhouses go unpainted, adding to the pervading sense of melancholy.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

All of them were lined with old two-story stone buildings, the wood of their window frames and doors long unpainted.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau