scarred
Example Sentences
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"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 • Mar. 6, 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
And it plucks a nerve in a country still scarred by its history of militarism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
In the weeks that followed its capture, the streets emptied out at nightfall and the buzz evaporated from the bars that had once offered some respite in a region scarred by three decades of conflict.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
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 "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
