- present tense form of scar (3rd person singular).
scars
Example Sentences
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He’s got one foot on the so-called safe path — college, white-collar isolation — and the other on a career that’s already covering him in well-earned scars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
But many of the students who attended the memorial this week, sporting burn scars, are still grappling with their new reality.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Its inhabitants were rebuilding but the scars remained: Her grandmother survived the blast but with terrible injuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Marshall Islands' President Hilda Heine cited the weight of these historical nuclear scars in criticising China's missile.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
And although Gingersnipes did not carry the outward scars of her skirmish, it was clear she carried the memory.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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