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[welt] / wɛlt /


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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

On a sunny late-January day, Laura Topete visited her son at the Northridge home and found him with a bright red welt in the middle of his forehead.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2024

On his forehead, just below his hairline, a red welt had started to form.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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 cold water, breaking out in red welts and shaking uncontrollably, the court heard, so the pair went back to Ghost's luxury beachside apartment rental to warm up.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Mild to moderate signs of food allergy include a swollen face, lips or eyes; hives or welts on your skin; or vomiting.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2025

Males don’t bite, so the releases won’t lead to more inflamed welts.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2024

There are red welts on her left arm and elbow.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

From The Guardian Dec. 4, 2021

He also found violet tendrils of the welted thistle, native to Europe and Asia.

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




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