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Another concertgoer wrote that Sykes’ face was visibly swollen by the end of the show, and additional videos from the concert show him performing with a fresh welt near his eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Donovan seemed to use downstairs as his target with Crocker bringing the uppercut into play but he would find himself with a huge welt under the left eye by the end of the fourth.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

Among Germany’s other greatest portmanteau exports are weltschmerz, a combination of welt for “world” and schmerz for “pain,” meaning a “sensation of melancholy and world-weariness.”

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025

There was also the time Clyde woke me up by nipping my chin hard enough to leave a welt because I had not served his breakfast quickly enough.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

A dark pink welt an inch long scars his left forehead like a cross.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Ghost had an allergic reaction to the cold water, breaking out in red welts and shaking uncontrollably, the court heard, so the pair went back to Ghost's luxury beachside apartment rental to warm up.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

One person shared on social media that they tried to seek shelter under a tree during the storm and were left with welts, posting photos of red marks along their arms, hands and legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

When I danced in "The Waltz of the Flowers," my costume included a high collar of wire-stiffened petals around my neck, which left welts.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022

He lasted two entire days before contracting a new virus, this one accompanied by the sudden appearance of hideous red welts all over his body, which sent him to urgent care just before midnight.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

By later that day, the hives had spread across Deborah’s back, her cheeks were splotchy and red, and long welts filled the spaces beneath each eye.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Instead he just welted it straight down Coady’s pipe.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2021

He also found violet tendrils of the welted thistle, native to Europe and Asia.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021

These are the type of welted leather boots that can last decades if treated properly, and they’re priced accordingly.

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2018

By contrast the men's market has benefitted from higher-priced items such as Goodyear welted shoes which enjoy a healthy export trade to Europe, Asia and US.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017

I do not think I could have watched them cut, but 1 watched the wound closed into a high welted ridge with quick skilful-looking stitches like a cobbler's, and was glad.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

Harnage stands alone on a darkened stage, amid a forest of ropes — soft sculptures made of cotton welting — that dropped like curtains.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

EST 14:00 71 min A good move involving Lukaku and Lennon ends with Azpilicueta welting the ball clear from inside his own six-yard box.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2016

Hang on, umpire Steve Davis is looking towards the horizon - and just like that it's welting it down.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2010

Examples: > In Liverpool, dock-wallopers practice a custom called "welting"; half of an eight-man crew works while the other half loafs, and at intervals they change roles.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had known too many Marine wives and children who had come to their front door and found dour messengers, their faces carved from the ices of duty, standing with tragic news welting their tongues.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy