Collocations for "scar"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "scar" in context.
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scar
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [face, facial, leg, cheek] scar
- a [face] full of scars
- has a scar on her [face]
- a scar ran [down, the length of] his [face]
- left [tissue, brain, internal] scars
- got a scar from [falling, hitting, grazing, cutting]
- the [fall, crash, accident] left a scar
- the [divorce, trial, split] left emotional scars
- scars from the [divorce]
- her emotional scars haven't healed
- do you think it will leave a scar?
- scars from the [wound, injury, cut]
- the [burn, cut] has turned into a scar
- [surgery, treatment, therapy] to remove scars
- scars in the earth made by [blowing up, exploding] rocks
- scar [for life, for good, forever]
- he was scarred [for life]
- [badly, permanently, severely] scarred
- scar your [arm, elbow, face]
- his [arm] scarred
- his [arm] was scarred
- the [operation, wound, cut] scarred
- scar the [floor, surface, tiles]
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