pockmark

Example Sentences

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Decades of decline have pockmarked the city, including some now-famous failings.

From The Wall Street Journal

One piece depicts the moon, its surface pockmarked by craters.

From Los Angeles Times

America is pockmarked by millions of oil and gas wells that petered out over decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

A small, wiry, pockmarked young man with curly hair and a hard-to-place accent, he loitered in the area for hours, asking kitchen workers if his target would be coming that way.

From Los Angeles Times

And not even in the federal government in Washington, where the streets are now pockmarked from tanks and military vehicles.

From Salon