Example Sentences

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Among this year’s participants was WSJ’s achy, blistered Xavier Martinez.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Yee said she should drop out of the race and Villaraigosa blistered her in ads.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Learning a musical instrument can be an arduous journey, one often fraught with blistered fingers, frayed patience and what can seem like an endless series of insurmountable hurdles.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

A handful of sun-dried tomatoes, blended with roasted cherry tomatoes — their skins blistered in a sizzling layer of golden olive oil — lends this version the concentrated flavor of August, even now in mid-March.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

And why their hands didn’t seem as blistered and rubbed raw.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña