How to Use scar in a Sentence

scar

1 of 2 noun
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  • The scar on his stomach was caused by the removal of a cyst.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Luckily, her face scar is the least of all of it — some scars still on the arms.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Her neck still has a shrapnel scar from the third day of the war, when her apartment was hit.
    — Hanna Arhirova and Lori Hinnant, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2023
  • Poole parted his hair to show the scar above his forehead.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The seizures can be caused by a bleed in the brain or a scar from a traumatic head injury.
    — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Stick to recent burn scars where the trees are dead, but there is still foliage.
    — Gary Garth and Matt Every, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Hamas' killing of 1,200 people, most of them civilians, has left scars on the land and its people.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The dogs' stories Indeed, each of the dogs has those street scars and a story — often a sad one.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Feeling still hasn’t returned to the left side of her head, which now bears a scar from her stitches.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But this second set of scars might not exist without the first.
    — Ben Paynter, Men's Health, 26 June 2023
  • Harder to spot are the emotional scars that run throughout the city.
    — Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Ten years after the fire, a scar remained on the lower part of Crawford’s left leg.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the remains showed scars from plows or other equipment.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • And don't pop any blisters that appear, as that could damage their skin and leave scars.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Jenny counted for me the PICC-line scars still visible as white dots on each arm—at least 10 on the left, 16 on the right.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Cassie says she was left with unhealed scars.
    — Njera Perkins, refinery29.com, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Hera might also tell us what cosmetic scars DART left from the crash.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That scar is meant to show that his future birth nearly didn’t happen.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Manuel Saavedra, an 80-year-old army veteran, lifts his shirt to show a scar.
    — Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Hajji Aman had scars running up and down his skull, from when he was scalped by Spetsnaz.
    — Jamil Jan Kochai, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Our last glimpse of him is at a bar, sipping a Martini, with a scar on his forehead and a faint smirk on his face.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But for the victim’s family, the pain still remains, and so do the physical scars.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The current mother of twins, Estel, was first identified in late 2019 and is known for a small scar on her tail.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Honor and Vogt compare their matching scars from open-heart surgery.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The scars of the pandemic are still visible, with downtown still a shadow of life before the virus.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2023
  • His building still holds the scars of previous wars and battles that Derna witnessed in the past decade.
    — Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Mocha is a 1-year-old female who has a surgical scar on her stomach.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • She is left with a long scar snaking up her ankle, and the persistent remnants of the rage that triggered her outburst.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The violence that unfolded 56 years ago left lasting scars.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 1 May 2024
  • There are physical and emotional scars that last forever, and these can be passed on from generation to generation.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
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scar

2 of 2 verb
  • Driving on the salt flats often leaves tracks that can scar the desert for decades.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Craters from bombs and artillery shells scar his fields.
    — New York Times, 4 June 2022
  • Inside the floor is littered with glass, and bullet marks scar the walls.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Use it to smooth out wrinkles, blur fine lines, and help heal scarring.
    — Neha Tandon, womenshealthmag.com, 1 May 2023
  • Like Miri and Isabelle, Eke has been scarred by bigotry.
    — Olivia Waite, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But roads that scar the landscape, like scars on the human body, can also be signs of healing.
    — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Take some sand paper and rub the seeds, or lightly scar them with a file, or lightly tap them with a hammer.
    — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Habib’s service in the Special Forces left him with metal plates in his head, and scarring to his face, legs and shoulders.
    — Beth Bailey, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Also, be careful when using a charcoal grill on a wood deck; embers from the grill can scar the wood and might even cause a fire.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • On the fringes, slash-and-burn farming has scarred the hillsides, sending red dust and gritty sand over the landscape when the dry-season winds blow.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Historic towns are being charred, some burned to the ground, as wildfires continue to scar the western states.
    — Jiovanni Lieggi, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Those in the south have been particularly isolated because of the large ravines that scar the land.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2012
  • The bloodshed sent shockwaves through a Balkan nation scarred by wars, but unused to mass murders.
    — Jovana Gec and Dusan Stojanovic, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • Trash is strewn along hiking trails and graffiti scars trees and buildings.
    — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • While war and other events may scar our planet, the stars continue to inspire and draw us towards them.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 July 2022
  • One month after the strike, pockmarks scar the walls of the Ahmadi family home, hinting at the force of the Hellfire missile.
    — Anna Coren, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Much like face-lifts of the past, lip lifts used to be skin-only operations, and tended to scar poorly and fail quickly.
    — Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
  • Branding is a type of body marking that uses heat to permanently scar the skin with a design.
    — Ashley Abramson, Allure, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The Signature Laser Facial helped even out my skin texture and get rid of pesky acne scarring from my teenage years.
    — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Doctors either use lasers to scar and toughen the tissue in the soft palate or insert plastic pillars within the palate that heal over.
    — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Depending on the severity of the road rash, scarring may occur.
    — Thomas J. Henry Personal Injury Law, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Traditionally tā moko artists used a chisel to scar and mark the skin while the modern tool is a tattoo machine.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2021
  • New Yorkers are forever attached and scarred by that moment in time.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The inflammation can then lead to fibrosis, which is scarring and damage to the liver.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Kick hyperpigmentation and acne scarring to the curb with the help of the Discoloration Duo.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Their wrenching loss will likely scar some in Teixeira’s grieving family the same way.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
  • Monkeypox lesions inevitably will scab over — and while that is a step in the right direction in terms of the infection, the sores underneath can scar.
    — Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Athill doesn’t treat her foibles and losses—of love, of money, of caste, of certainty—as traumas, events that would define her life as troubled and scarring.
    — Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Even though phone screens have gotten much better, the replacement process is scarring enough to make anyone just buy the dang screen protector.
    — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
  • This complication of long-term heavy drinking causes scarring of the liver.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 26 Mar. 2024

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