Example Sentences

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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

Asked if that first Broadway experience was scarring, she takes issue with the very premise of the question.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2019

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