How to Use birthmark in a Sentence

birthmark

noun
  • One boy was a blonde and the other had a birthmark on his face.
    — Brontez Purnell, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2021
  • On his stomach and chest and thighs were stains like birthmarks.
    — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • My birthmark is across the whole side of my face and goes into my hair.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Allure, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Ethan has a birthmark on his cheek while Grayson has one on his chin.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 21 Mar. 2019
  • The boy even has the distinct birthmark the toddler had on his cheek.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 June 2026
  • People who have never seen a birthmark of my size stare and some even point.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Teen Vogue, 13 June 2018
  • My mum is covering up her right wrist with her left hand to hide a birthmark.
    — Geoff Dyer, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
  • Who knows, the singer could end up choosing to share your photo — birthmarks and all.
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 24 Apr. 2019
  • The most visible part of the birthmark, up to the elbow, had gone.
    — Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Serenity has blonde hair, blue eyes and may have a birthmark on her stomach.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • What was once a teardrop below one eye now looks like a bruise or a birthmark, and scars mottle his hands.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Sonia has a birthmark on her right eye that makes the area surrounding the iris bluish.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2017
  • This includes changes to moles and birthmarks, as well as new or unusual spots.
    — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • There’s a little boy pictured with a birthmark on his stomach on page two just like her son’s.
    — Holly Carter, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • Olivia Holm Poulsen was born with a birthmark that stretches from her jaw to her neck.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Teen Vogue, 13 June 2018
  • Every body is born with moles and birthmarks and develops wrinkles and stretch marks.
    — refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Shuangjie showed Esther a birthmark on her back, which Esther lacks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The birthmarks go under the skin, wrapping around the bones, muscle and tissues.
    — Marci Robin, Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2017
  • He was also given a large scarlet birthmark on his face instead of a hunchback.
    — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 25 June 2019
  • One is described by police as a black man with a distinct mole or birthmark on his lower right torso.
    — Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Your cravings won't manifest themselves as birthmarks on the kid's skin.
    — Cari Romm, CNN, 28 June 2017
  • Stuckey has a large birthmark under her right eye that started to appear just a few days after she was born.
    — Holly Carter, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • He was identified by the birthmark on his back and his long, sensitive hands, the hands of a surgeon.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
  • He is described as having dark hair and eyes, as well as having a birthmark on his left upper shoulder.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Arnau, a park ranger finds the corpse of a woman who has the same unusual birthmark he and his daughter share.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Arnau, a park ranger, finds the corpse of a woman who shares the same unusual birthmark as him and his daughter.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The body in the deepfake doesn’t match Elordi, who has a distinctive birthmark on his chest.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 19 June 2024
  • Brownlee was born with a port-wine stain birthmark and Sturge-Weber syndrome.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The symptoms are myriad, but most noticeable is often a large birthmark on the face, scalp and neck.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Russell Soakes and a curly-haired man with a port-wine birthmark on his forehead enter the room with canvas tarps and duct tape.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2019

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