cicatrice

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

He looked full into Grey's face, and Grey looked full into his; and as he looked the great cicatrice seemed to open itself and to become purple with fresh blood stains.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony

He was slashed with a wide cicatrice of livid scar tissue from one cheekbone across his nose and down to the button of his jaw on the other side.

From Valley of the Croen by Tarbell, Lee

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

Lean but on a Rush, The cicatrice and capable impressure Thy palm some moment keeps.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson