pockmarked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Asteroids and meteors have given the satellite its signature pockmarked surface and network of craters.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
More than this, Washington was not a beautiful man, but rather colorless, pockmarked, bland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
And not even in the federal government in Washington, where the streets are now pockmarked from tanks and military vehicles.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025
The surface is metal-cold and pockmarked from thousands of tiny impacts.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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