mar
verb (used with object)
to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil.
has marred
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present perfectof mar (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The epidemic of major elbow injuries that has marred baseball for several years revisited the Dodgers this week, the team announcing that 24-year-old right-hander Emmet Sheehan underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
The episode has marred Gay’s early tenure at Harvard — she became president in July — and sowed discord at the Ivy League campus.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
It is not the first time that extreme heat has marred outdoor events in South America this year.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
A shortage of air-traffic controllers has marred Frontier's operations.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023
It was the opening of a poem by Herrick or Horace before the prescience of transitoriness has marred the exultation with melancholy.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
