disfigurement

Example Sentences

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Due to the quirks of weather — and possibly to prescribed burns that had cleared out excess vegetation — most of the grove survived without any disfigurement visible today.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Glanville told TMZ that she had been shocked to learn that her breast implants had been the cause of her facial disfigurement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

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

Relatedly, the defendants dismiss the possibility of Anderson’s C-section scar as disfigurement even though it will likely mean more C-sections in those future pregnancies.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

It bounced off, making a little dent under her earlobe, like a fold in the skin that was hardly a disfigurement at all.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison