How to Use scar tissue in a Sentence

scar tissue

noun
  • All of the pain, all the scar tissue?
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That’s because Raiders fans have built up a lot of scar tissue.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Often, deep crevices and scar tissue will appear on the blossom end of the fruit.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
  • Also, there might be scar tissue in the tissue around the organs.
    — David J. Neal may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • Kentucky comes in with the steadier resume and scar tissue.
    — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
  • There’s always scar tissue, always pain.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The scar tissue from a stadium 127 miles north runs deep.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • And the implants can sometimes move or cause scar tissue buildup over time that degrades their signals.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But your eyes aren’t sunken beneath scar tissue and your ears haven’t swollen into dumplings of cartilage.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The team discovered there was a webbing of scar tissue in her esophagus.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The body responds with scar tissue that stabilizes the organ but cannot contract.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
  • There was a piece of grass in the same cornea — not embedded in the scar tissue, but broken off in the healthy cornea beside it.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Women’s soccer has gone overlooked and mistreated for so long that scar tissue remains.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2026
  • In Dewey's case, surgeons had to work through extensive scar tissue and find blood vessels farther from the face.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • People have emotional scar tissue from cancer.
    — Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • This decrease, in turn, lessens the force responsible for fibrosis, a buildup of scar tissue that harms organs.
    — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Deep endometriosis causes adhesions, or areas of scar tissue, in organs around the uterus.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Each surgery disrupts blood supply to the skin and lays down a new layer of scar tissue, meaning the risks compound with every procedure.
    — Victoria Oliva, Allure, 23 June 2026
  • Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobeš, a rookie, doesn’t have a whole lot of playoff scar tissue.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The operation lasted two and a half hours and the surgical team had to cut around existing scar tissue and avoid her bladder.
    — CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The operation lasted two and a half hours and the surgical team had to cut around existing scar tissue and avoid her bladder.
    — Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The attempt to slim his face caused serious complications, and he was left with saliva buildup, scar tissue, and chronic pain.
    — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • Dead muscle is typically replaced by stiff scar tissue, often leading to heart failure.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Payton said inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw is dealing with some scar tissue in his quadricep and should be back next week.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The endometriosis was so extensive that my abdomen was drowning in lesions, scar tissue, and adhesions.
    — Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Young players are often described as fearless, having not built up the scar tissue that comes from losing close matches and suffering setbacks.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Nash explained that the tests showed a small amount of scar tissue on his heart, which his doctor said could indicate a minor, undiagnosed cardiac event from decades ago.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Crucially, though, this happens without the formation of any dense scar tissue typical of mammalian brains.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Those who survive a heart attack face an ongoing issue with the heart’s efficiency, caused by the death of heart cells and the scar tissue that subsequently forms.
    — New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In addition to the discovery of the old scar tissue, the recent tests also revealed a current, treatable condition.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025

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