pockmarked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
From Europe, he was sent to Iwo Jima, where “every square foot of earth seemed to be torn or pockmarked by shell fire and shrapnel,” and then Okinawa.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
But because I keep reminding myself of the incident that brought this misfortune upon me, I realize that if someone brought pockmarked Jell-O right now and told me to eat it, I would.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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