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pocked

American  
[pokt] / pɒkt /

adjective

  1. marked with pustules or with pits left by them; pitted.


Etymology

Origin of pocked

pock + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Across a running time tied to the shifting seasons, pocked by images of breathtaking beauty, Pálmason is after a feeling that only patient observance yields: a lasting reality about the passing of relationships.

From Los Angeles Times

While the table was covered in roses and moss, and its wood had been pocked with woodworm, the boat looked as fresh as if it had been newly varnished.

From Literature

Binnington, who took the historic puck from Ovechkin's goal and pocked it before a linesman retrieved it from him, was pulled after surrendering four goals in just under 30 minutes.

From Barron's

A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps.

From Los Angeles Times

But even still, the film fails to take full advantage of the everyday tensions that pocked his existence.

From Salon