pockmark

Example Sentences

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They are now among thousands camping out in South Sudan's Renk County, in a dilapidated university campus, its buildings pockmarked by bullets from fighting a decade ago.

From Reuters

Even the smallest defects — bacterium-sized pockmarks, metal contamination or variations in shape and thickness — affect the implosion, and thus the pressure and heat that drive the fusion reactions.

From Scientific American

Just then, a light drizzle fell from the sky, pockmarking the river and spotting the wooden ferry platform on the other shore.

From New York Times

Relentless rain left the streets of Los Angeles pockmarked with potholes, but city officials say some relief is on the way.

From Los Angeles Times

Consider Miranda, a moon that bears deep fractures, pockmarked plains and intersecting ridges as a silent testament to being torn apart long ago only to then be poorly pieced back together.

From Scientific American