scar
noun
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
has scarred
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present perfectof scar (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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Salman al-Fallahi, a tribal sheikh from Falluja, looks back today on the violence that has scarred a generation of Falluja youths psychologically and which he thinks could have been averted.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023
The scandal, which started unfolding publicly last week, has scarred the reputation of the EU’s only institution comprised of officials elected directly in the 27 member countries.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
I am overwhelmed by all of the sadness, division, dislocation, and loss, and I wonder whether the pandemic has scarred me permanently.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022
But I will always take the side of the victim because I myself have been in situations where I’ve been treated terribly, and it has scarred me.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2020
She is altogether beautiful, save where man, in the determined pursuit of ambition, has scarred and changed her face.
From The Shadow of the Past by F.E. Mills Young
