How to Use intact in a Sentence

intact

adjective
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  • The house survived the war intact.
  • After 25 years, their friendship remained intact.
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Cut a thin slice from all four sides to square it off, leaving some skin intact.
    — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Their homes are mostly intact, but husks of cars sit on some streets.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2023
  • If anything goes wrong in any of those spheres, the rest of their lives are most likely still intact.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
  • Amiri died in 2014, but his old study has been preserved more or less intact.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The light helps water droplets dry on the surface of the hair, while leaving moisture intact within the strand.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Microsoft Wall Street Journal appears not to be intact in the wake of the news.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2024
  • To keep that living cloth intact, every thread plays a role, even the humble ant.
    — Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The lines are crisp with the subtle chamfer along the lugs perfectly intact.
    — Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 12 July 2024
  • Though the sword’s handle is damaged by heat, its wood and some of its wrappings are intact.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • To store the other half, keep the seed intact and wrap it tightly in cellophane (Saran wrap) for a day or two.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
  • However, Lee runs out of bullets and the doll is intact.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 July 2024
  • So the Heat’s core remains intact, likely to get a fifth chance to defy the odds and win a championship.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Iowa skull found in Page County, Iowa features one intact canine and one stub.
    — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Hold the whole cherry by the stem (if still intact, if not, hold it at the top) and use your other hand to squeeze the cherry and push the pit out the other side.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 2 July 2024
  • The pals must scramble to avoid eviction in a race against the clock, while also striving to keep their friendship intact.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024

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