Example Sentences

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The need to kowtow seems to have scarred Torres.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

This is an extraordinary moment in history, the climax of a series of terrible traumas that have scarred the Western psyche over the past two centuries.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

The wars, coupled with a crippling blockade and the fallout of infighting between Palestinian factions, also have scarred Gaza in ways that can be difficult to quantify.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2021

There was a sense of weariness this weekend as demonstrators replayed the sorts of scenes that have scarred Los Angeles more, perhaps, than any other American city.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2020

He felt as if somehow he had been granted a gift in escaping a sorrow that would have scarred his life.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt