cicatrice

Example Sentences

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For it was the body of his friend, John St. Helen, beyond peradventure?a hooplike scar over the eye, a neck cicatrice, an old leg fracture, a crooked thumb.

From Time Magazine Archive

The raw surface heals irregularly, the cicatrice contracting causes stricture, and an animal so injured is likely to die of starvation.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The sword of overwhelming tragedy had stripped off the protecting cicatrice of pride and arrogant resentment and bared the lonely soul beneath, that in this shuddering instant groped wildly for human comfort.

From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie

As he spoke, he proceeded, in leisurely fashion, to unbutton the wrist of his shirt, and, baring his arm midway, showed me a pinkish cicatrice of considerable extent.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James

The cicatrice served also as a mark of mutual recognition, so that the object and plans of the leaguers should never be discussed with others.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John