pockmark

Example Sentences

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These sediment gravity flows appear to cause erosion in the center of each pockmark, maintaining these unique underwater morphologic features over time.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

The second-largest tar sands oil spill in the country — which left a black pockmark on Kansas grasslands a few weeks ago — will be harder to clean compared to past oil spills.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

Vacancies pockmark parts of the city like a boxer’s missing teeth.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2022

How he was the first person to ever mention, let alone compliment, the small pockmark on my left cheek, a souvenir from a case of chicken pox.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2021

I investigated a nearby pockmark and saw, in the ring of impact, the fat coil of a caterpillar.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer