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

The ball sent Miller’s hat flying off his head and left the 25-year-old former starter with a large red welt on his forehead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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

She knelt and pushed down her sock to reveal a fat, red welt ringing it.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

“According to her Doctor’s Report, she suffers from ‘urticaria,’ defined as ‘a rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely, sometimes with dangerous swelling.’

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024

One person shared on social media that they tried to seek shelter under a tree during the storm and were left with welts, posting photos of red marks along their arms, hands and legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

After my son broke out in welts, I took him to the pediatrician for his fourth visit in three weeks.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

He was moving stiffly, and Lazlo didn’t doubt that his back was covered with welts and bruises.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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