scarred

past tense of scar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarred
Verb
  • We were bullied, after all, by the older teenagers who beat us on a regular basis, bloodied our mouths with one punch.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In Round 2, the numbers were still competitive, but Jandiroba caught Dern with a knee and bloodied her up.
    Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Evan Thompson, Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, warned Melissa could be worse than previous major storms that battered the island, such as Hurricane Wilma in 2005.
    Kristin Wright, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Intel has been on a parabolic move higher and the third quarter earnings report confirmed that this battered and bruised former chip champion is back.
    Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sauna business will launch at Hart Park months after historic August flooding damaged and closed much of the 52-acre park, which is located on a floodplain.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Stop Fertilizing Fertilizing prompts new growth, and fall isn’t the time for crepe myrtle trees or shrubs to focus on developing new branches and leaves that can be damaged by winter freezes.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told The Guardian that drone teams killed or wounded 18,000 Russian soldiers in September alone.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Kidd died at the scene, while another man who police hadn't named Monday was wounded and taken to an area hospital for treatment.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Police are responding to a shooting that left multiple people injured at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the school’s Homecoming weekend.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • No animals or staff members were harmed during the incident.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This week's episode began with the announcement that Elaine Hendrix, star of the 1998 version of The Parent Trap, would be unable to compete in the competition that evening, after hurting her rib during rehearsals the same morning.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Scarred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarred. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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