scarred
Example Sentences
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Raised by two self-focused and unloving parents, scarred by their divorce and her father’s abandonment, Hepburn vowed that she would never allow any children of hers to feel as unwanted as she did.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Now, authorities say that same spot is a minefield, and the islanders are scarred by their days living in an open-air prison.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Last year, retail investors outperformed professionals, by wading into the market when the pros were scarred by tariff worries.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Yumnam Khemchand Singh, a fifth-dan black belt in Korean martial art taekwondo, took oath last week, inheriting a state still scarred by clashes between the majority Meitei and the minority Kuki-Zo communities.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
When the police interrogated Ralph, they encountered a man as psychologically complicated as he was physically scarred.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing scarred
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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