How to Use untouched in a Sentence

untouched

adjective
  • The piano was untouched for years.
  • He left his food untouched.
  • The artist's biographer left a few important events of his life untouched.
  • The original agreement remains untouched.
  • Dobbs dropped the snap on the next play and still ran untouched into the end zone.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022
  • To choose my beats, Sara sent me a link to a Web page that looked untouched since 1995.
    Matthew Schnipper, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • If weeds rise above the turf, raise the mower deck to cut the weeds, leaving the grass untouched.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
  • The project is leaving much of the wildlife area untouched and preserving half of the 62 saguaros.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2023
  • Bat colonies then must remain untouched until the pups are weaned and able to fly in the fall.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
  • At the same time, Kalan would like to keep as much of the desert untouched as possible.
    Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
  • No room is left untouched by Nat’s art, which spills out onto the carport, the fence and the yard.
    Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Is anything in our lives untouched by the push and pull of these models?
    Carmen Maria MacHado, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
  • The pride flag that was burned had been placed on the wire fence along with a Black Lives Matter flag, which was untouched.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Nobody wants to lay claim to the dish that sits untouched throughout the party.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Once again, the storm blew out the school's windows but left Atkinson's house untouched.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
  • There’s just so much music in the world that’s just untouched from every decade.
    Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The result was a wide-open running lane for Travis Dye, who went 27 yards untouched.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Gibbs’ patience and an open-field move left him untouched for the 26-yard touchdown paired with a two-point throw to Brooks.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 16 Oct. 2022
  • But Utah’s law has largely been left untouched since then.
    Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Braheam Murphy was nearly untouched on a 75-yard run to the end zone.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Less than 24 hours earlier, the area had been untouched.
    Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Nathaniel Peat fumbling untouched at the goal line mere feet away from winning the game in overtime.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The only room left untouched by bullets was the sunroom, Brown said.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
  • Left untouched, the statutes could pop up decades later, like an Arizona law from 1864 did this year.
    Bram Sable-Smith | Kff Health News, ABC News, 6 June 2024
  • But few aspects of the education process are untouched by the war.
    Megan Specia Laura Boushnak, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Nowhere is that more apparent than at stores, where cases of the beer sit untouched.
    Julie Creswell, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • Ringer scored from 14 yards out, showing a nifty cut to his left to evade the defense and walk into the endzone untouched.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Their brows grew untouched and outside the reach of waxers’ overzealous hands.
    Mattie Kahn, Town & Country, 9 Aug. 2022
  • That drive, a beauty of an 86-yarder, was appropriately capped off by a Javonte Williams 8-yard waltz untouched up the middle.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
  • One of his company's construction projects in Milwaukee has been left untouched for more than a year.
    Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024

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