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

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

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025

She lives in a precarious hillside house where the walls are unpainted and the floor is made of cement.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

They learned the game on that unpainted concrete court in their village in the Philippines, going out every afternoon after school with their cousins.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck