What is "unscorched"

Usage examples of "unscorched".

Its commons and woods had remained unscorched, so that the retired had not to any extent deserted it, that August, for the sea.

Crackling sheets of flame swept over the Mustang and then curled off into nothingness, exposing unscorched paint and chrome and four headlights stabbing the darkness.

The moss and wild flowers were unscorched, and the branches of the oak tree, which had so lately appeared enveloped in wreaths of flame and smoke, were moist with the dews of midnight.

She had enough ego to remain unscorched by the withering winds of abuse that would undoubtedly assail her, however good a book she produced.

The discharging of the old chef, even though he was supplanted by an oilier and subtler conspirator, had slightly disquieted the staff, and Myron was able to have the lobby and corridors more nearly cleaned, the tennis courts weeded--on behalf of the two young men who, out of some hundred and fifty drunks, occasionally played tennis--and unscorched chicken added to the menu.

Knight stooped and retrieved the letter in its envelope, unscorched, from the fireplace.

The fat young magician had risen from the poop deck up into the air, and flames were licking brightly around him, though his hair and clothing so far remained unscorched.