unbroken

adjective

un·bro·ken | \ ˌən-ˈbrō-kən

Definition of unbroken

: not broken: such as

a : whole, intact unbroken skin

b : continuous miles of unbroken forest

c : not subdued : untamed especially : not trained for service or use unbroken colts

d : not violated

e : not plowed

f : not disorganized advanced in unbroken ranks

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Examples of unbroken in a Sentence

an unbroken row of trees eight hours of unbroken sleep The band has had an unbroken string of hits. The Olympic record he set is still unbroken.

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The Wyndham Land Trust’s Bull Hill project is an impressive effort to save much of Bull Hill, a block of unbroken, contiguous forest on the Woodstock and Thompson line. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "A view with three trees and so much more on top of Bull Hill in Thompson," 7 June 2019 Women who stepped in and made sure my hair was done right, clothes were ironed, spirit was high and unbroken. — Harmonyholiday, Longreads, "Mama Looks for Melanin," 6 June 2019 Despite its aggressive scale, the image is gentle, even welcoming, floating on an unbroken plane of millennial pink. — Christopher Alessandrini, The New York Review of Books, "‘Boys Do It Better’: The Paintings of Louis Fratino," 18 May 2019 Unbowed and unbroken, the widow had his assassins and their families massacred in retaliation. — National Geographic, "This Renaissance warrior woman defied powerful popes to defend her lands," 15 Mar. 2019 But if electrons require infinite-dimensional state spaces, physical reality is fundamentally continuous — an unbroken sheet even at the finest resolution. — Quanta Magazine, "The Universe’s Ultimate Complexity Revealed by Simple Quantum Games," 5 Mar. 2019 For the director, that included filming a dramatic scene on a lengthy bike climb in one unbroken 10-minute span that took more than 20 takes to get right. — Jake Coyle, The Seattle Times, "On two wheels, ‘The Climb’ rides through Cannes as a hit," 20 May 2019 According to Rolling Stone, Earl had a nearly unbroken streak of 18 number one hits in the 80s. — Megan Stein, Country Living, "Blake Shelton Gives Emotional Tribute to 'Hero' Earl Thomas Conley, Who Died at 77," 11 Apr. 2019 The camera travels through it all in a single unbroken shot that lasts more than two minutes, a thrilling technical feat that manages to communicate an enormous amount of information about the political economy and social organization of Aci-Trezza. — New York Times, "How Luchino Visconti Made History Sing," 7 June 2018

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