scarred
Example Sentences
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And it plucks a nerve in a country still scarred by its history of militarism.
Dumfries House sits alongside areas of high social deprivation in a part of Scotland still scarred by the collapse of the coal mining industry.
From BBC
The peak of Mount St. Helens, usually pristine with snow, was scarred with gray ash.
From Literature
It was scarred where Gelifen had nibbled and scratched at it.
From Literature
In the weeks that followed its capture, the streets emptied out at nightfall and the buzz evaporated from the bars that had once offered some respite in a region scarred by three decades of conflict.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
