untarnished

Example Sentences

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On the field, their shirts and caps adorned in gold lettering honoring their championship, the Dodgers remained untarnished with a comeback 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

The few lucky and untarnished ones were still a pain to enjoy.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2023

The grinding fallout from the Great Recession dragged down his approval ratings in the U.S., but views elsewhere in the world remained untarnished.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

“As long as the university has not determined that Dybvig has done something wrong, I think we owe him an untarnished celebration of his great scientific achievement,” Ellingsen told Bloomberg.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022

This discovery ruined the reputation, up till then untarnished, of the volunteer explorers and mountain climbers, who from that day on were considered little better than a pack of bandits.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende