How to Use mar in a Sentence
mar
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The fight is marred by a long 10-count in the seventh round.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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The trial of Pierre Laval would be marred by shouts from the jury at the accused.
—Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
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What was a very exciting game was marred by the actions of a few.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
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Even the ancient 150-year-old Banyan tree, a guardian of my youth, was marred by the inferno.
—Time, 17 Aug. 2023
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The group has also been marred by quality concerns both in and out of the car.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 1 Mar. 2024
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Holes marred the front door, while others littered the white stucco around the front windows.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
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That trip was widely seen as a PR disaster, marred by protests along the way.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
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True, that is a big ass piece of salad but even that doesn't mar your legendary beauty.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
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Her death has marred what should have been some of the most enjoyable times for us as a family.
—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
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But he was forced to miss over a month of the 2022 season with an injury at the same time the Packers were marred in one of their worst stretches in years.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2023
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His time with the team was marred by injuries and inconsistent play.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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The delivery of the fleet also has been marred by other challenges.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
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Do the Buckeyes play with discipline in the back end and avoid the kinds of explosive touchdowns that marred the end of their 2022 season?
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
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Pavement marred by shelling became the base of modern-day mosaics.
—Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
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The double door is marred with black scar marks from the flames that literally melted the lock, Dumeidi said.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
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Yet these moments of rage, panic or fear can’t mar the journey to finding your next role, experts have warned.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2023
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Rookie Jack Jones shined in moments, though a knee injury and a suspension marred the end of his season.
—Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
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The game was marred by a melee between the two teams in the Michigan Stadium tunnel afterward.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2023
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The final tour stop in her hometown, Walla Walla, Wash., and a reckoning with a past marred by abuse.
—Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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Harris is a pastor who ran for Congress in 2018, when his campaign was marred by election fraud.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
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But the update has been marred by delays and technical glitches.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
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His early years at Netflix were marked (some would say marred) by a bold promise to release one new movie every week.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
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The first day of his visit was marred by a Russian missile attack on a market in the eastern city of Kostiantynivka.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2023
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The exception was fiscal 2009, which was marred by a harsh recession.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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The election was also marred by more graphic acts of defiance.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
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Semmelhack reasons that looping the laces over the facing — that’s the two flaps that come together over the tongue — could push the laces into the soft leather, marring it.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
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Every major win can be a step in the right direction and every ugly loss can mar a team's hopes for inclusion in the field of 68.
—Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2022
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With a lot of our favorite ‘90s titles teasing sequels and revivals, fans feared that this edition would mar our beloved O.G.
—ELLE, 4 Apr. 2022
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How could such a fixable problem be allowed to mar an opening night as momentous as this one?
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
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Western nations, including the United States, flocked to condemn the results, which were marred by protests and cases of voting fraud.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
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