mar

Example Sentences

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If they missed payments for three consecutive months, they were placed in forbearance so their loans wouldn’t become increasingly delinquent and mar their credit records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Gilded fixtures, trim and ornamentation — rumored to be from Home Depot — mar the walls.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

Unless the adviser followed all compliance protocols and properly documented all client communication regarding past trades and financial transactions, the dispute can mar their record.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Covering close to 340 square kilometers of Andalusia, the greenhouses of Spain’s mar de plástico, or sea of plastic, grow much of Europe’s winter fruits and vegetables.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

There had been no evil to mar that propitious night, because she had listened; there had been no voice of evil; no screech owl had quaveringly disturbed the stillness.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann