pockmarked

[ UK /pˈɒkmɑːkt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑkˌmɑɹkt/ ]
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 pockmarked In A Sentence

  • Mjadara is classic peasant food, an ancient dish whose name means “the pockmarked one,” for the dark lentils embedded in grain. Day of Honey
  • As darkness swelled up from the east a full moon rose and illuminated great sheets of thin cloud like wadded fabric drawn across its pockmarked white face. Bird Cloud
  • The living room is pockmarked with bullet holes.
  • Footage broadcast on Israeli media showed homes pockmarked with large shrapnel holes from where mortar shells exploded. Hamas fires dozens of mortars at Israel
  • The houses in the village were pockmarked with bullet holes.
  • The Ancient Islamic fort guarding the harbor is pockmarked from years of shelling. Reporter's Notebook: Mogadishu
  • In its lee, on ground still pockmarked by the trampling of cattle, is a song thrush. Country diary: South Uist
  • Mo Kan - cheng gave Pockmarked Li his ten dollars, and the latter departed well pleased with himself.
  • The ground was treacherous, pockmarked with deep holes, dead soldiers and broken horses. TREASON KEEP
  • The lake's edges are pockmarked by hundreds of steep, narrow coves that provide absolute privacy for the cruising mariner.
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