scatheless

Example Sentences

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Before a man could turn completely, All scatheless shone the offspring's head, The apple lay divided neatly!

From Misrepresentative Men by Graham, Harry

Dennis had come scatheless through the action at sea, but now he felt a burning pang in his forearm, and saw that the sleeve of his doublet was singed.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert

The shock shook the building, as well as our nerves, not a little, though we were of course scatheless.

From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by Davidson, G. F.

The Spaniards, perceiving this, brought their guns over to the sea side, but the pirates, being favoured by this loss of time and also with a good breeze, escaped almost scatheless.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

All the time the devilish conviction grew that if he persisted in this flummery he might emerge scatheless from a ghastly ordeal.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis