Example sentences for: preserved

How can you use “preserved” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The paintings here are the best preserved of any from Roman antiquity — frescoes in brilliant blues, greens, and the inimitable Pompeii reds.

  • Olives are preserved either in oil or brine, or simply take home a bottle of extra virgin olive oil both for cooking and to make delicious salad dressings.

  • The life of an army surgeon in that dismal year was horrifying, and Minor could not have felt optimistic since neither Vicksburg nor Gettysburg had yet produced hope that the union would be preserved.

  • These are 19th-century restorations: The originals were torn down during the Revolution because they were thought to depict kings of France (21 of them were recently discovered and preserved in the Musée du Moyen Age, see page 55).

  • Director David Hare has preserved the no-frills setup of the stage production he oversaw in London.


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