welt

Donovan seemed to use downstairs as his target with Crocker bringing the uppercut into play but he would find himself with a huge welt under the left eye by the end of the fourth.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

Among Germany’s other greatest portmanteau exports are weltschmerz, a combination of welt for “world” and schmerz for “pain,” meaning a “sensation of melancholy and world-weariness.”

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025

There was also the time Clyde woke me up by nipping my chin hard enough to leave a welt because I had not served his breakfast quickly enough.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

Concerned, she visits a doctor, and when the specialist pries the welt open, hundreds of small spiders crawl out.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 12, 2024

The welt by Genie’s eye had nearly faded, but Genie put them on anyway.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

But it’s not only annoying pink welts that Faraji’s team is concerned about.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Ghost had an allergic reaction to the water, known as cold urticaria, breaking out in red welts and shaking uncontrollably, the court heard.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

With red welts scattered like landmarks of the war she’d just waged, Kelsey Plum let the microphone have it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025

When I danced in "The Waltz of the Flowers," my costume included a high collar of wire-stiffened petals around my neck, which left welts.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022

His face and arms were raw where he scratched his welts.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

Instead he just welted it straight down Coady’s pipe.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2021

The welted thistle did not successfully outgrow the ballast heap to take root in New York City, but sticky nightshade has stuck around.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021

These are the type of welted leather boots that can last decades if treated properly, and they’re priced accordingly.

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2018

By contrast the men's market has benefitted from higher-priced items such as Goodyear welted shoes which enjoy a healthy export trade to Europe, Asia and US.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017

I do not think I could have watched them cut, but 1 watched the wound closed into a high welted ridge with quick skilful-looking stitches like a cobbler's, and was glad.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

Harnage stands alone on a darkened stage, amid a forest of ropes — soft sculptures made of cotton welting — that dropped like curtains.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

EST 14:00 71 min A good move involving Lukaku and Lennon ends with Azpilicueta welting the ball clear from inside his own six-yard box.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2016

Hang on, umpire Steve Davis is looking towards the horizon - and just like that it's welting it down.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2010

Examples: > In Liverpool, dock-wallopers practice a custom called "welting"; half of an eight-man crew works while the other half loafs, and at intervals they change roles.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had known too many Marine wives and children who had come to their front door and found dour messengers, their faces carved from the ices of duty, standing with tragic news welting their tongues.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy