How to Use mar in a Sentence

mar

verb
  • A large scar marred his face.
  • Her acting mars an otherwise great movie.
  • His path to medicine was marred by conflict.
    — Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Since then the project has been marred by delays.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The game was marred by a lightning delay and rain.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Holes marred at least one bathroom wall and a wall behind a food rack.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • What was a very exciting game was marred by the actions of a few.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
  • The historic match for the co-hosts was marred by the incident.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • The country remains marred by fighting in its east.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
  • True, that is a big ass piece of salad but even that doesn't mar your legendary beauty.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • True, that is a big ass piece of salad but even that doesn't mar your legendary beauty.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The group has also been marred by quality concerns both in and out of the car.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Summer travel can be marred with challenges.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
  • His time with the team was marred by injuries and inconsistent play.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Every splash of rain, speck of dust, or pinprick of light could mar the negative.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Each of those years were marred by injuries that sidelined him for several months.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Pavement marred by shelling became the base of modern-day mosaics.
    — Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • Holes marred the front door, while others littered the white stucco around the front windows.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
  • However, much of his sophomore year was marred by injury.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Holes marred the walls in the kitchen under the dish machine, dry storage and dish storage rooms.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But a loss doesn’t necessarily mar the six-week wait.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Last night, Tatis’ excellent game was marred by a play that should not have happened.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
  • No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Many worried that the marshy western shore of the borough had been forever marred.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Can the Niners muster any offense in a rematch marred by injury?
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The final show seemed to be marred by technical snafus, with stray sounds and glitches.
    — Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • The delivery of the fleet also has been marred by other challenges.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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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