pock

Example Sentences

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Her father could no longer work in the coal mines that pock the mountains here after an injury.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Tens of thousands of craters larger than 10 kilometers pock the Moon, but the researchers also figured the collision had to be relatively recent and the resulting crater particularly young.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2024

We have had clients with pock marks all over their arms and their children have pock marks all over their arms and they are sitting scratching because of all the lice and bed bugs.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2016

And not just at some mowed field surrounded by tall grass and sprinkled with lots of sandy pock marks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2015

“Aii, Lena,” she had said after that dinner so many years ago, “your future husband have one pock mark for every rice you not finish.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan