scarred
Example Sentences
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The rollout of “Emancipation,” the story of the man whose scarred back is one of the most lasting images associated with American chattel slavery, is its most serious test yet.
From Salon
He was much scarred from fighting, with notched ears and lines on his muzzle, but he was a very good dog—strong and honest—and we liked him.
From Literature
"We mustn't end up like Iraq or Syria, honestly, we don't deserve that," a young man in Tehran said, referring to the civil wars which scarred those two countries this century.
From BBC
The president is nonetheless reputed to have brought a degree of stability back to the country scarred by civil war in the 1990s and to a region plagued by conflict.
From Barron's
Gandy had been in so many fights he was scarred up like a back alley tomcat, which didn’t seem to help his meanness at all.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
