pockmarked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Asteroids and meteors have given the satellite its signature pockmarked surface and network of craters.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
More than this, Washington was not a beautiful man, but rather colorless, pockmarked, bland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The four astronauts channeled Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise shot from 1968 with a powerful photo of Earth setting behind the gray, pockmarked moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Many found a city with barely functioning services, their homes destroyed and neighbourhoods pockmarked by makeshift cemeteries authorities are now exhuming.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
Clusters of barnacles pockmarked the enormous body soaring powerfully over them.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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