scarred
Example Sentences
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"We mustn't end up like Iraq or Syria, honestly, we don't deserve that," a young man in Tehran said, referring to the civil wars which scarred those two countries this century.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Last year, retail investors outperformed professionals, by wading into the market when the pros were scarred by tariff worries.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
And it plucks a nerve in a country still scarred by its history of militarism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
With a slide showing dozens of shiny terraced apartment towers overlooking a tree-lined promenade, he promised a Mediterranean utopia rising from the scarred Gaza landscape.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Of Loki’s legions, only Loki himself will still be standing, bloodied and wild-eyed, with a satisfied smile on his scarred lips.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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