pocked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pocked
Example Sentences
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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 • Nov. 6, 2025
But even still, the film fails to take full advantage of the everyday tensions that pocked his existence.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025
Scattered across the island, population 1.5 million, are stone memorials, abandoned bunkers and walls pocked with bullet holes — remnants of bloody battles between Japanese and American forces.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024
And the woods can be pocked with streams, ponds and swamps that freeze quickly.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Forms and figures loomed out of the rain: boulders in our path, gruesome as ogres to my susceptible wits, hulking, pocked and eyed with limpets, shaggy with weeds.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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