pock

Example Sentences

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Her father could no longer work in the coal mines that pock the mountains here after an injury.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Tens of thousands of craters larger than 10 kilometers pock the Moon, but the researchers also figured the collision had to be relatively recent and the resulting crater particularly young.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2024

At the 115-year-old Niles Hotel — where ancient bullet holes pock the tin ceiling by the downstairs saloon — getting the creeps is part of the appeal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023

Black strafe marks pock a prop plane that sits on the runway of Mykolaiv’s small international airport.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022

A little boy, the son of one of the Young Men, was the first to find a pock upon him.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson