How to Use intact in a Sentence

intact

adjective

• The house survived the war intact.
• After 25 years, their friendship remained intact.
• The Lowe’s is gone, but the ground at the construction site is still very much intact.
  — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• In terms of players, Kansas City should be able to keep its team pretty much intact.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• Mercifully, Lo left the kitchen and bathrooms intact, as well as the front of the loft where the film shoots take place.
  — Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
• No child asks to be a victim of war; sometimes survival, with your soul intact, is the best possible outcome.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
• Indeed the bear was found, albeit smelling like smoke, but intact nonetheless much to the joy of Vanessa.
  — Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
• This move is a reflection of our challenges to keep a majority of our roster intact over the course of many seasons.
  — oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2023
• But Greene, who regularly goes sleeveless on the floor even when the room is cooled to suit jacket weather, had a look to keep intact.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• One of the scariest parts about this stage is the unknown of how intact the person's mind is, which is often speculated amongst the survivors.
  — Brooke Lamantia, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2023
• Despite being buried under weeds for decades, a swan mosaic is almost perfectly intact.
  — Margo Rabb, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• Ultimately, leaving forests intact keeps more carbon out of the atmosphere than logging them and planting new ones.
  — April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
• One of the most striking discoveries was a virtually intact silk satin dress with a woven floral motif.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Feb. 2023
• The following year, the bark Minerva was surprisingly found intact and was salvaged.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2023
• The Upper Cliff Dwelling contains about 40 rooms, some partially intact roofs and parapet walls.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
• Of course, most wealthy will come through the economic downturn with the bulk of their resrouces intact, and their quality of life will likely not be nearly as impacted as a lower-wage earner’s.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
• But even if some of the government support for electric vehicles is now trimmed or cut off, as is likely with Trump’s victory, Musk’s wealth will remain firmly intact.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
• Michigan stuffed the run on fourth down to keep the shutout intact.
  — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
• In contrast, the trees on the other side of the crater are still intact, even with green leaves.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• For onions, make sure the skin is intact and none of the inside is showing.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
• If the vessel is still intact, time is running out to reach the sub.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
• The stump of a dead tree, left intact, can be hollowed out for a planter or used as the base for a bird bath.
  — Monica Cardoza, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• No feathers were poking out of the fabric, all the seams were intact, and the down was not clumped and lumpy in the squares.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
• To keep that perfect record intact, LSU will have to find a way to slow down Clark.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 2 Apr. 2023
• The rest of the coaching staff is likely to remain intact.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• The crust is thin, but just thick enough to keep the structural integrity of the slice intact.
  — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• And will those allies be able to keep the response intact?
  — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
• All of the fruits arrived intact except for one small piece of fruit that was cracked.
  — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
• But while keeping the skeleton intact, the goal is to take what’s in the comics and enrich and deepen it.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• In other words, the drive to get things done remains intact.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024