pocked

[ UK /pˈɒkt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑkt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease
  2. used of paved surfaces having holes or pits
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How To Use pocked In A Sentence

  • It must take at least a day or two for these dazed, sun struck survivors to get the idea that sidewalks, even though they are pocked with even more artfully-placed, ankle crunching hazards, could be the least dangerous place to be ambling. Good morning, Melaque: one day in a small Mexico beach town
  • The moon's surface is pocked with small craters.
  • His face was pocked from bad food or disease and he thought he was a confederate general or in Apocalypse Now. WHITE LIES
  • Here, he swaps the comforts of delicate Feldman inflections for darker textures or veers into confrontational exchanges pocked with unhinged ellipses and omissions - enough to tweak the typically unflappable Rowe.
  • A few blocks south sits Mexican architect Enrique Norten 's recently finished garage, featuring a taut, white concrete façade pocked with perforations like a punch card. Sleek, Chic Hangout ... a Garage
  • The result is a mingling of million-dollar condos and sleek wine bars with creaky, rent-controlled buildings and graffiti-pocked bodegas. Prospect Heights Edges Into Crown Heights
  • They swirled by the curtain and I saw that the man's face was badly pocked and his black hair was stiff with scented brilliantine. THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES
  • He jumped to his feet and clapped his hand on the shoulder of a slumped, pocked version of himself, with a face, astoundingly, even duller. Bone Hinge
  • In some places the stone is pocked and scarred by the corrosive effects of black sulphates.
  • An edge of indigo water, pocked with turquoise, then just white, stretched away all around. Times, Sunday Times
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