Example Sentences

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Business owners are left wondering if a random blaze will scar or destroy their property.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2021

“It’ll also show up in things like evictions and foreclosures and things that will scar and damage the economy,” he continued.

From Fox News • Sep. 17, 2020

“We shall reap a terrible whirlwind that will scar our nation for generations to come.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2017

I am not worried about myself, but what I am worried about is the likelihood that she will scar the child’s perception of me permanently.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2016

Ms. Parker also joked that as a mother, she often wonders, “What will I do today that will scar this child for life?”

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2011