pockmarked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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More than this, Washington was not a beautiful man, but rather colorless, pockmarked, bland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
And not even in the federal government in Washington, where the streets are now pockmarked from tanks and military vehicles.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025
From Europe, he was sent to Iwo Jima, where “every square foot of earth seemed to be torn or pockmarked by shell fire and shrapnel,” and then Okinawa.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
She thought of Ser Ilyn, and how those terrible pale eyes staring pitilessly out of that gaunt pockmarked face.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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