pockmarked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
America is pockmarked by millions of oil and gas wells that petered out over decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
Carla has never seen Tío Vic bring any kind of shoes to the house but the pockmarked ones he wears.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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