disfigure

Example Sentences

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Repeated removal of the tendrils is needed, too, so they don’t disfigure the flowers or stems.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

The hardest issue to address will be the divisions that disfigure our country — we don’t trust the government and we don’t trust each other.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020

I spent the whole week watching him disfigure movie stars and create memorable monsters, and by the time I left, that’s what I wanted to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2019

Still, the scars from fighting last fall disfigure the community, once home to 2,500 people and now half deserted.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2015

The flute was invented by Athena, but she threw it away because in order to play it she had to puff out her cheeks and disfigure her face.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton