scarred
Example Sentences
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Even before ensnaring Ruffo, the ever-expanding huachicol fiscal scandal had already scarred the Mexican navy, long one of the nation’s most trusted institutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
How unnerving that its creation scarred its creator.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Their elders, who are more numerous and much richer, remain scarred by the bull market of the 1980s, which crashed in 1990 leaving lost decades in its wake.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Britain’s political and investor class are deeply scarred by former Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’s unexpected decision in 2022 to announce large unfunded tax cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
It was scarred where Gelifen had nibbled and scratched at it.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing scarred
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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