pockmark

Example Sentences

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Computer modeling will be required to confirm if an unconfined flow passing over the pockmark field carries sufficient energy to erode and maintain the pockmarks.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

They pockmark downtowns with stretches of asphalt that separate businesses and spread out cities, leading to more driving, and more parking, even in areas with mass transit.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

The second-largest tar sands oil spill in the country — which left a black pockmark on Kansas grasslands a few weeks ago — will be harder to clean compared to past oil spills.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

Vacancies pockmark parts of the city like a boxer’s missing teeth.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2022

I investigated a nearby pockmark and saw, in the ring of impact, the fat coil of a caterpillar.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer