black mark
Example Sentences
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It left a scorched black mark on his orange rayon shirt that made him look like a superhero.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Sorsby’s case is an unambiguous black mark for the entire enterprise of legal sports betting, though.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
In fact, if the indictments become a black mark against the company among some customers, Dell may have one less rival to worry about.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
The name Jean-Baptiste Lamarck has long carried a black mark in the annals of science.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
“If you’d died, that would’ve been a black mark on my reputation, so yes, at some base level, I was...worried.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
