How to Use intact in a Sentence

intact

adjective
  • The house survived the war intact.
  • After 25 years, their friendship remained intact.
  • Narrow wooden channels, many still intact, hug the rocky cliffs across from us.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In a way, the ruins make as powerful a statement as the second, and intact, bust.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Those plants remain on schedule, and that partnership with LG is intact.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2023
  • When purchasing baobab oil, be sure to look for cold pressed and unrefined to ensure all those beneficial nutrients and fats are intact.
    Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Don’t worry about leaks though; they’re designed to stay separate from your shower, keeping your liner and even another curtain intact.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Researchers have discovered intact curved tusks and other wooly mammoth bones and specimens under the Siberian ice.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In recent years, researchers have used CT scans to peer beneath the wrappings while leaving the bodies entirely intact.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2023
  • But the status markers of these law schools seem to be safely intact, given the privilege the Supreme Court justices continue to show them.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • His find will now go on display at the museum alongside an intact bronze dodecahedron found nearby in 1939.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
  • But there are still good reasons for Biden to consider bowing out on his own terms with his reputation as a consequential president intact.
    John Avlon, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • With the return of right tackle Lane Johnson, who is playing through a groin injury, the starting five from the majority of the season is intact.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Samples taken during the animal's necropsy also are causing concerns among the tribal communities about burying the cougar intact.
    Stefanie Dazio, ajc, 5 Feb. 2023
  • 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 Lowe’s is gone, but the ground at the construction site is still very much intact.
    Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 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 | Mheim@al.com, 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

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