: having or marked by a scar or many scars
a scarred finger/face
an old, badly scarred piece of furniture
The old tile on the walls is cracked and grimy; the wooden floor is scarred; pipes and wires look slapdash and dangerous.—
Thomas Matthews
Thomas MatthewsAt night, when candlelight softens their scarred and weathered faces, the hard men of the French Foreign Legion begin to sing.—Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine BrooksThe plains of western Wyoming are today a scarred moonscape of gray hills, but 50 million years ago they were mostly swampland, lush with exotic life.—Natalie Angier
Natalie AngierThe impression left by her study is that it indeed took fortitude on the part of these authors to channel resentment into creation, to make beautiful texts out of scarred lives.—Lois E. Nesbitt
Lois E. NesbittExamples of scarred in a Sentence
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The move is politically controversial due to Armenia’s troubled past with the two powers, but the opposition remained too fractured and scarred by association with past corruption to put up a considerable fight.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026
Fruit that is misshapen and deeply creviced is safe to eat if the flesh is firm, appropriately colored, and fresh—simply cut away the scarred tissue.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
On Bishop, from co-creators Little Marvin and Tony Saltzman, homicide detective Bishop Graves (Joel Kinnaman) – brilliant, battle-scarred – will put all of his skills to the test in the hunt for an elusive killer targeting San Francisco’s moneyed class.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 May 2026
The Stanwix Street barrier onto the eastbound lanes of the Parkway East is scarred with the misadventures of a number of drivers over time.
—John Shumway, CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026
Fruit that is misshapen and deeply creviced is safe to eat if the flesh is firm, appropriately colored, and fresh—simply cut away the scarred tissue.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
On Bishop, from co-creators Little Marvin and Tony Saltzman, homicide detective Bishop Graves (Joel Kinnaman) – brilliant, battle-scarred – will put all of his skills to the test in the hunt for an elusive killer targeting San Francisco’s moneyed class.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 May 2026
The Stanwix Street barrier onto the eastbound lanes of the Parkway East is scarred with the misadventures of a number of drivers over time.
—John Shumway, CBS News, 28 May 2026
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“Scarred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scarred. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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