Example Sentences

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Mass production by agribusinesses is marring the environment, while monoculture farming practices are giving deadly pathogens a biological edge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

"For the first time ever, graffiti is marring the Hines Public Market building — a historical site — where our business is located."

From Fox News • Feb. 22, 2022

In other words, the same affliction that is marring the regular season, only magnified and expanded.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Even so, the country heads into the Olympics with a sense of resignation and a reckoning over how its leaders handled a pandemic that is marring what should be a marquee moment for national pride.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2021

The thought of it is marring the peace of her father's face and breaking his sleep of nights.

From Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India by Doren, Alice B. Van