pockmarked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Shin said that learning to negotiate pockmarked pavement is part of every Angeleno’s driving education.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 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
Decades of decline have pockmarked the city, including some now-famous failings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 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
The pockmarked face of the woman in black.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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