How to Use well-preserved in a Sentence
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Even so, the team was stunned by how well-preserved the artifacts were.
— Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024 -
The ax, which is well-preserved, could have been used as a general purpose device.
— Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024 -
Some of them were well-preserved and still sealed in their original state, containing the remnants of 5,000-year-old wine.
— Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023 -
Researchers say the skin was well-preserved due to the unique conditions at the Richards Spur cave system in Oklahoma.
— Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024 -
But the samples were small and not well-preserved, so the team couldn’t look for other clues and turned to mice to investigate further.
— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The auction house claims the watch is well-preserved, in the same condition and with the same rubber strap as when Fischer received it.
— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2023 -
The evidence was well-preserved and documented in the years since.
— Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Perhaps the most striking feature of the new find is its hair: The mummy has long brown locks that have been incredibly well-preserved.
— Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Inside is a tardigrade, so well-preserved that its tiny claws are still visible.
— Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Wrapped since the 1960s, the items, and their delicate organic components, were well-preserved.
— Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024 -
But unlike Earth, where weather and people can change the planet’s surface, the Moon’s original surface is well-preserved.
— Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023 -
This detergent liquid is also tough on odors, making sure that your garments are well-preserved for long-lasting wear!
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023 -
The seats were plush, vintage but well-preserved, and exceedingly comfortable.
— Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024 -
Even after a century underwater, the ships are still well-preserved.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023 -
The auction house said the skull was particularly rare and also remarkably well-preserved.
— CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Though the girl’s colorful alpaca wool robes, dark hair, teeth and fingernails were well-preserved, her face had been exposed to the elements and had largely disappeared.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023 -
The weapon is surprisingly well-preserved, possibly because it was embedded in dense clay.
— Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024 -
The third ancient tomb, however, was well-preserved and relatively untouched, the institute said.
— Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024 -
The team analyzed two newly uncovered and well-preserved skeletal fossils of shuotheriids.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Much of the ship remains well-preserved, and the broken hull allows divers to see construction details not usually visible on completely intact ships.
— Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023 -
The skin resembles a crocodile hide's pattern and texture, with its detail so well-preserved that individual scales pop along the various casts.
— Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Excavation of the grave took place beside a river on a floodplain, and it’s thought that a layer of silt must have quickly covered the site, creating conditions for the bronze objects to remain remarkably well-preserved.
— Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023 -
Israeli archeologists announced Wednesday the discovery of four extremely rare and well-preserved Roman swords in a small hidden cave in an area of isolated cliffs overlooking the Dead Sea.
— Patrick Smith, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Jakubiak tells Live Science that his team plans to continue to examine the bakery, which is remarkably well-preserved, in order to gain more insight into Metsamor’s history.
— Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023 -
Desert environments are typically well-preserved in the geological record, and dunes leave behind clues about their distant past in layers of compressed sandstone.
— Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024 -
Despite the passage of time, its wooden hull has remained extraordinarily well-preserved under about 3 feet of water near Avaldsnes, a village on the Norwegian island Karmøy.
— Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Three of the letters were found in Mallory's jacket pocket 75 years after his disappearance when his body was discovered, exceptionally well-preserved.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2024
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