How to Use blemished in a Sentence
blemished
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Its blemished surface hints at its violent origin deep within the Earth's mantle.
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Arkansas State Parks,
Arkansas Online,
19 Aug. 2025
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Think bruised nectarines, tomatoes that split in transit and blemished apples that are more suited to baking and preserving.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Stripped of modern tools, MASK is messy, blemished, unfinished—and all the sweeter for it.
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Arielle Gordon,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2026
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Scarred and blemished grapefruits and blood oranges are falling off his trees, Schmidt told KSEE.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Should fungal leaf spots become a major problem — and cause lots of leaves to become blemished, turn yellow and drop prematurely — a control would be needed.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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That’s because pantries like Friendly Hands often receive offers from truck drivers to unload pallets of food, like blemished fruit rejected from grocery stores, but without a loading dock, pantries sometimes have to refuse or are unable to store the items.
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Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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