How to Use well-preserved in a Sentence

well-preserved

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  • Even so, the team was stunned by how well-preserved the artifacts were.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 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 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

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