Disfiguring is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Disfiguring meaning
present participle and gerund of disfigure
Using Disfiguring
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of disfigure
- In the example corpus, disfiguring often appears in combinations such as: and disfiguring, disfiguring and.
Context around Disfiguring
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disfiguring
- In this selection, "disfiguring" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, painful, permanent, multiple, warts, injuries and dorsal stand out and add context to how "disfiguring" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and multiple disfiguring dorsal lacerations and by painful disfiguring warts caused. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disfiguring" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disfiguring
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It rarely heals without disfiguring scars. (6 words)
The girl died and the boy suffered permanent, disfiguring injuries. (10 words)
But my present lot, disfiguring as it is for me, is magnificent for you. (14 words)
Sean Cummings, a private GP and sexual health expert who founded Harley Street’s Freedomhealth clinic, cites several cases, including a man in early middle age who was covered from head to foot by painful, disfiguring warts, caused by HPV. (40 words)
According to marine mammal veterinarians : :"The severity of mutilations for some of these individuals can be astounding – including long term survivors with completely severed tails, major tail mutilations, and multiple disfiguring dorsal lacerations. (33 words)
The martyr, Tiro, was only 28. The detonation was so powerful it blew an iron Welcome Dover stove to the other end of the room, disemboweling Tiro and disfiguring his face. (31 words)
Example sentences (11)
Sean Cummings, a private GP and sexual health expert who founded Harley Street’s Freedomhealth clinic, cites several cases, including a man in early middle age who was covered from head to foot by painful, disfiguring warts, caused by HPV.
The girl died and the boy suffered permanent, disfiguring injuries.
The martyr, Tiro, was only 28. The detonation was so powerful it blew an iron Welcome Dover stove to the other end of the room, disemboweling Tiro and disfiguring his face.
According to marine mammal veterinarians : :"The severity of mutilations for some of these individuals can be astounding – including long term survivors with completely severed tails, major tail mutilations, and multiple disfiguring dorsal lacerations.
Argyria is rare, and so far as is known, does not otherwise harm a person's health, though it is disfiguring and usually permanent.
But my present lot, disfiguring as it is for me, is magnificent for you.
His disfiguring appearance of Two-Face would have appeared in the climax when Catwoman kisses him with a taser to the face, which was replaced with Max Shreck.
It rarely heals without disfiguring scars.
Radical mastectomies have been reserved for only those cases because they can be disfiguring and modified radical mastectomies have been proven to be just as effective.
They also produce a serious and disfiguring dermatitis ". citation In 1954 Japan, Kanegafuchi Chemical Co. Ltd. ( Kaneka Corporation ) first produced PCB's, and continued until 1972.
This procedure is more disfiguring than a modified radical mastectomy and provides no survival benefit for most tumors.
Common combinations with disfiguring
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: