Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarred
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Each provides Invincible with a parade of creative conflicts to overcome, often leaving him beat and bloodied in the process.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026 -
This isn’t the first time this season that Vrabel has been bloodied.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of an American embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.—
Seung Min Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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The arts scene in South Florida has been battered by funding cuts at the federal and state levels over the last few years.—
Daniel Rivero,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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You could get hurt, and the appliance could be damaged beyond repair.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Jan. 2026
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Two years after opening, a fire heavily damaged the restaurant.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Senegal -- The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on an air force base in Niger's capital that wounded four soldiers and damaged an aircraft.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Roughly 20,000 sick and wounded Palestinians need treatment outside Gaza, according to the territory’s health ministry.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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On Saturday, Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority said heavy snowfall and rain had killed 61 people and injured more than 100 across the country, while hundreds of homes have been completely or partially destroyed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides during the war could reach 2 million by spring, with Russia sustaining the largest number of troop deaths for any major power in any conflict since World War II, according to an international think tank report published Tuesday.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Secretary Noem paused the diversity lottery to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Bud Light’s Allen says no celebrities were harmed in the making of this commercial.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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My father had said to me, My heart hurt more than my body—the flesh can take blows, the heart suffers them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Three other people were also hurt in that crash.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Scarred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarred. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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