Example Sentences

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Most of Lucas’s face was still the shiny pink of half-healed skin.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

He could also see the half-healed puncture marks to his forearm.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Her hands were covered with half-healed scratches, and both knees were scabbed over where she had scraped them raw in tumbles.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Among the lords of the Vale were several of his com-panions from the high road; Ser Rodrik Cassel, pale from half-healed wounds, stood with Ser Willis Wode beside him.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

A ragged tunic concealed the half-healed scars on his back, but his boots were scattered amidst the rushes, and his breeches tangled about his feet.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin