scar
noun
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
was scarring
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past progressiveof scar.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The delicate tissue sheaths that insulate each biological circuit lay in “disorganized clumps,” and throughout Mr. Card’s brain there was scarring and inflammation suggesting repeated trauma.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
A big concern was scarring in Hector’s lungs, which makes the organs rigid, restricting their ability to move air in and out, Ran said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
On this date in 1916, the Yuma Game Warden reported that civil war in Mexico was scarring big game across the international line into the Yuma and Mohave Mountains.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020
My worry is that now the public’s first introduction to telepresence robots in medicine is going to be an inappropriate use of that technology in a way that was scarring to this family.
From The Verge ● Mar. 11, 2019
Fine sand, mixed somehow into lubricating oil, was scarring the bearings of Luxembourg's railroad engines.
From Time Magazine Archive
