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

“Gold” is set on a sunbaked wasteland, in a future in which an apocalyptic war has scarred the earth.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 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

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 Young, F.E. Mills