How to Use intact in a Sentence

intact

adjective

• The house survived the war intact.
• After 25 years, their friendship remained intact.
• 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
• If the vessel is still intact, time is running out to reach the sub.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 21 June 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
• The rest of the coaching staff is likely to remain intact.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 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
• 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
• The light helps water droplets dry on the surface of the hair, while leaving moisture intact within the strand.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024
• To keep that living cloth intact, every thread plays a role, even the humble ant.
  — Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
• So the Heat’s core remains intact, likely to get a fifth chance to defy the odds and win a championship.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
• Keep all of the mesh and padding intact by avoiding a heated tumble.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
• So go ahead, download those maps, drop those pins and keep your bearings intact.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
• The family was relieved to find their house still intact.
  — Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
• The level of risk depends on how much of the pollutant the ship was carrying and how intact the wreck is.
  — Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• After the branch falls free, cut the remaining stub of wood that’s left, leaving the branch collar intact.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
• Leave the onion’s root end intact so that the wedges don’t separate into layers.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
• Be sure all of the pieces are intact and applied correctly to prevent any leaks.
  — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
• With his brain function intact, Carter gave doctors more than just his name when asked.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 22 Feb. 2024
• During that time, both teams have kept their cores intact, while changing the role players around them.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• What that means: your songs come through with fewer drops, and every note, drum beat and detail intact.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 28 May 2023
• This female was the only sample where the DNA was intact enough to be analyzed.
  — Miriam Fauzia, Ars Technica, 11 Nov. 2023
• Leaving your account intact gives people a means to reach you.
  — Max Eddy, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
• For the most part, Amazon will accept returns on swimsuits, so long as they are unworn and the tags are still intact.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• This allowed the creatures to remain intact for the last three millennia.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
• And that, in turn, helps keep traditions among these subgroups intact.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• The Arrangement, in its broadest form, has remained more or less intact since James II.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024