marred

How To Use marred In A Sentence

• His actions have spoiled the accommodationist agenda, and marred the image of the revolution.
• Its destruction marred the prince's reputation, and it marked the end of his military career.
• It marred an otherwise fine performance from the centreback, who had been dropped the previous week. The Sun
• Thus, each outlay of dutiful public "support" was eventually marred by some tactless remark or hint of encouragement to an outraged bitter-ender that, if only they kept faith, there might still be a way. Hillary Goes Out With a Whimper
• In this rather archaically written biography, marred by ornate, stilted language and the author's reliance on and citation of endlessly extended passages from his great-great-grandfather's autobiography, James Mellon struggles mightily but fails to make his readers care much for or about Thomas Mellon. Banking On the Future
• It is a nice programme, but marred by absurdly intrusive music. Times, Sunday Times
• Even the good news was marred by signs that the anti-agreement camp within his own party is growing.
• The predictions of standard economic theory – the expectation that freely operating markets will produce a certain kind of optimality – only hold good as long as the markets are not marred by serious imperfections. Limitations of markets
• Fortunately, despite the recent bad weather, the underfoot conditions were reasonably good and it proved an entertaining match until heavy rain marred the final 20 minutes.
• The syncopations available through this electro-extension were captivating, though Kim's performance was unfortunately marred by the multiple technical failures.