Example Sentences

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A clean ribbon bound back her hair, an untorn frock of some white stuff clothed her tidily; even her shoes were neat.

From The Four Feathers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

The experiment began; predictions were not fulfilled; the books came back to the library untorn and unspotted and with some very ingenuous notes in them.

From Cæsar or Nothing by How, Louis

The distinguished Democrat who uttered these remarks has been forgotten, and the page of history on which Washington's name was inscribed is still untorn.

From George Washington, Volume II by Lodge, Henry Cabot

The wrecked bower, of which hardly one pole remained upon another or one vine clung untorn from the others, silently told a part of the story.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Banks, Nancy Huston

Out of this, his enthusiasm in his own pursuit and for all good things is of an exalted kind—worthy a more healthful frame and an untorn spirit.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John