without a scratch
Example Sentences
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He likens it to starting college with a new car and trying to go four years without a scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
He grabbed onto the black metal bars of the fence and heaved himself over, clearing the speared tips, 2.5 meters tall, without a scratch.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024
Instead, the tech start-ups and venture capitalists who unwisely entrusted cash to lousy bankers have escaped without a scratch.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023
Whatever you may think about the decision, in the event Biden got in and out of the country without a scratch.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
But just like this deaf cat Sugar who fell nineteen stories and lived, without a scratch, I was starting to believe that Fig and I would survive this crummy silent cat killer.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
