Untarnished

Word UNTARNISHED
Character 11
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Definitions and meanings of "Untarnished"

What do we mean by untarnished?

Not tarnished

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The word "untarnished" in example sentences

They are proud to transmit their title untarnished to their descendants, are ready to make serious sacrifices in its behalf, to exercise the rigid self-denials of family control for its sake, and to engrave the motto of "noblesse oblige" on their hearts in order to sustain it; but they bitterly complain that without the majorat, and the transmission of outward, visible supports in land and houses to strengthen it, the empty sound carries little weight. ❋ William Milligan Sloane (1889)

Provided that our virtue be high and our name untarnished, then our office may be low and our income meagre, it is not the fault of our talents, and we should not feel oppressed by it. ❋ Unknown (1962)

I like to think that you have come out of all your troubles quite unscathed, young, your name untarnished, your hands clean. ❋ Unknown (1881)

They have to support the honour of an ancient family, and to hand down the name untarnished to their posterity. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Ney -- the bravest of the brave -- left alone in Russia at the last with seven hundred foreign recruits, men picked from here and there, called in from the highways and hedges to share the glory of the only Marshal who came back from Moscow with a name untarnished -- Ney and Girard, musket in hand, were the last to cross the bridge, shouting defiance at their Cossack foes, who, when they had hounded the last of the French across the frontier, flung themselves down on the bloodstained snow to rest. ❋ Henry Seton Merriman (1882)

I have tried my best during my years of public service to keep that name untarnished and respected, unmarked by sorry compromises for expediency. ❋ Miguel Syjuco (2010)

It is clear Edwards doesn't have as much experience as Cheney, but as a result of that he has an 'untarnished' feel to him that makes me think he would not put up with any of the standard bullshit that got thrown at him. ❋ Catpewk (2004)

Max Abelson and Michael McDonald of Bloomberg News debunked her "untarnished" track record and Spaceballs-worthy jabberwocky: ❋ Janet Tavakoli (2011)

Nobody remembers him for anything bad that he did, and his history remains relatively untarnished. ❋ Gil Laroya (2010)

These volunteers went before their state leaders because America's natural heritage is important, because clean and untarnished wilderness is vital to public health, and because both are under attack. ❋ Bill Meadows (2011)

Dean John A. Quelch , a veteran of the Harvard Business School and London Business School, insists that despite economic turmoil in Europe, the CEIBS brand in China remains untarnished. ❋ Andrew Browne (2012)

Bloomberg also reported that 60 Minutes was wrong about her untarnished' track record. ❋ Janet Tavakoli (2011)

Asian-American leaders, meanwhile, hang on to the hope that their candidate will come out untarnished. ❋ Sumathi Reddy (2011)

In the film early untarnished Botham is revived swooningly intact. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I don't know what alternative there is if we want to aim to have untarnished trials. ❋ Another Outspoken Female (2009)

Sophie, who goes on to report from Iraq and Afghanistan, clearly represents an untarnished sense of purpose and humanist faith. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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