How to Use undamaged in a Sentence

undamaged

adjective
  • The earthquake yanked shelves off the walls and broke some items in the house, but the house’s structure was undamaged.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The lighthouse has a lightning rod and was undamaged by the strike.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Police met her there and found the car parked, locked and undamaged.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The equipment that had been shipped to Utah arrived on time and undamaged.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Long lines of cars snaked along the main highway out of Crimea, waiting to cross the undamaged portion of the Crimean Bridge.
    Nick Parker, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Since the tanker is undamaged, crews will not try to offload the propane, instead lifting the car with the contents within the tanker.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Dirt and debris have fallen near the tracks, but the railroad is undamaged.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • Northam’s office said on Friday the box was found 20 feet above the bottom of the pedestal, largely undamaged.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The freight barge was undamaged and remained afloat Monday, the report said.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2022
  • In 1863, the great bell is turned so an undamaged portion is struck with a smaller hammer.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 26 July 2021
  • In each of the crimes, the security gate and fence around the perimeter of the maintenance yard were undamaged, but the shed lock was broken.
    Don Stacom, courant.com, 9 June 2021
  • Items like sinks and bathtubs were intact and could be salvaged, along with undamaged wood and bricks from the home’s fireplace.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The fix for the recall is to use protective tape if the wire is undamaged, but if it is damaged, the dealer will replace it.
    Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 12 Feb. 2020
  • And if you get caught up in the celebration and feel the need to go frolic in the waves, the synthetic style will remain undamaged.
    Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Krikalev said that could be pushed forward by a few weeks to late February, which would get an undamaged lifeboat to the station.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The McVeys had lost a lot of trees, but their home itself, which sits on the middle of the island about 12 feet above sea level, appeared undamaged.
    Jack Healy, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • In one, a 500-pound strongman jumped on the lid before flinging the cooler off a cliff; the Tundra survived undamaged.
    Louis Mazzante //, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The television was destroyed, but the remote resting on the charred couch was undamaged.
    Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The city’s position is that tree roots do not harm undamaged sewer pipes.
    Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 25 Jan. 2020
  • During this process, a thin layer of healthy skin is removed from an undamaged area of the body and transplanted to cover the burn.
    Kellen Chen, The Conversation, 23 May 2022
  • The teeth were undamaged and white, indicating the animal was still young and not much of a fighter.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The Tu-22Ms in the recent raid got lucky and apparently returned to their base undamaged.
    David Axe, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • In an undamaged apartment complex across the street, a man is reading on his balcony.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The passport is undamaged except for normal wear and tear.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The passport is undamaged other than normal wear and tear.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Rescuers are moving passengers by high-speed boats across Kyoto Bay, and in buses via the undamaged part of the bridge.
    Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2018
  • The undamaged phone was returned to its rightful owner.
    cleveland, 12 Feb. 2021
  • To their surprise, the disc arrived undamaged, an experiment that soon led to the birth of a scrappy start-up now known as Netflix.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Bring at least five unstained and undamaged items (including accessories and shoes) between the drop-off hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and come back during the swap to look for items to take home.
    Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Most of Earth’s undamaged ecosystems are in the northern tundra, like Canada and Greenland.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Apr. 2021

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