disfigurement

Example Sentences

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Instead of my favorite Sierra vista, I saw total disfigurement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

Those who survived the atom bomb, along with their descendants, continue to live in the long shadow of that day – wrestling with disfigurement, pain, and a decades-long fight for justice that remains unresolved.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

For Dowd, Lydia’s transformation ultimately hinges on her disfigurement of Janine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Under state law, plaintiffs in these cases can recover only $250,000 in noneconomic damages unless the plaintiff’s injury constitutes “substantial or permanent loss or impairment of bodily function, substantial disfigurement, or death.”

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

Jack was fine, no eye patch, no shard of glass sticking out of his eye, no permanent disfigurement.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu