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
A small, wiry, pockmarked young man with curly hair and a hard-to-place accent, he loitered in the area for hours, asking kitchen workers if his target would be coming that way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
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
We were skimming along approximately sixty miles above the moon’s pockmarked surface.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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