blemish
verb (used with object)
to destroy or diminish the perfection of.
blemishes
Example Sentences
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Coating cools while dripping from an arm, smiles askew send mixed signals, smeared eyes like they’d been up late partying with the tarts, blemishes, cracked sugary skin.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
Late Monday, Sagimet announced that young adults showed increased clearance of their blemishes when they stayed on its pill for a year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Sure, there were blemishes to their 20-17 overtime victory at Chicago on Sunday night, just as their three-point win at Carolina had its wild-card warts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
But the record of 85-year-old Mutharika has its own blemishes, from corruption allegations to the debacle that ended his first presidency.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
But he doesn’t seem to have regarded the discovery of these blemishes on the Sun as very significant at that time.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
