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Or maybe the foundational metaphor of the building — “the people’s house” — was simply too inclusive to leave unsmashed?

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021

“What kind of blood was that, incidentally?” asked Dumbledore loudly over the chiming of the newly unsmashed grandfather clock.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

In front, was the curving street of Course, Barred black by the leaps unsmashed by horse.

From Right Royal by Masefield, John

It was a model, a little affair that would not have lifted a cat; it went up in a spiral and came down unsmashed, bringing back, like Noah's dove, the promise of tremendous things.

From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

You're going to test man to the limit of his professions—and it isn't a safe operation, if you want to come out with any of your ideals left unsmashed.

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman