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  • He of the yellow handkerchief and pock-marked face came toward me threateningly, but I put my hand into my hip pocket, and he hesitated.

    White and Yellow 2010

  • A big Chinaman, remarkably evil-looking, with his head swathed in a yellow silk handkerchief and face badly pock-marked, planted a pike-pole on the

    White and Yellow 2010

  • But after spending the last six years trying to uncover the accurate history of the skinny, pock-marked women who dared to rejoice in spite of their chains, this selection made perfect sense to me.

    Deborah Swiss: The First Female Flash Mob Deborah Swiss 2010

  • Cragged edges, haunting facades and fascinating back stories, all things that combine to produce the compellingly beautiful ruined castles of England - whose green and pleasant land is veritably pock-marked with such historical sites.

    Historvius: 14 Picturesque English Castle Ruins Historvius 2011

  • But after spending the last six years trying to uncover the accurate history of the skinny, pock-marked women who dared to rejoice in spite of their chains, this selection made perfect sense to me.

    Deborah Swiss: The First Female Flash Mob Deborah Swiss 2010

  • The birdbath in our backyard is pock-marked with mold.

    All of This Meg Pokrass 2011

  • He looked in his rear view mirror, the month's worth of beard growth hid his multiple pock-marked scars on his cheeks.

    Bacon and Eggs, 1977 Robert Vaughan 2011

  • His face was pock-marked and his eyes big and brown.

    The Son of Estelle Ivy Lou Freshwater 2011

  • In the burst of light a huge V-shaped console desk looms battleship grey in the distance, its top pock-marked with dozens of tiny holes.

    Inside Chernobyl's control room, 25 years on 2011

  • Waves crash and the wind whips through sand dunes dotted with pock-marked buildings.

    Few Traces Of Past Glory In Mogadishu 2010

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