Example Sentences

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Ms. Kobza’s opening chapters are disfigured by the melted wax of academic cant.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

They worry about being disfigured or disabled; they fear becoming pariahs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

People in London were left baffled Wednesday by what appeared to be a botched AI-generated Christmas mural showing a Santa-like figure with a half-orange beard and revellers with disfigured faces.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

She’s right: the letters are no longer round and beautiful, but spidery, frantic, and disfigured with blots of black rusty ink where I’ve pressed down too hard on the steel nib.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood