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  • The face was covered with half-healed bruises, and the nose, which once was straight, had been bent to one side, but Hap still recognized the man.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • Frost after frost had bitten deeply, each depositing its stratum of scab upon the half-healed scar that went before.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

  • Frost after frost had bitten deeply, each depositing its stratum of scab upon the half-healed scar that went before.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

  • Today, Kenyans wonder whether outside intervention through the ICC would solidify national unity or reopen half-healed wounds.

    Michelle Chen: Africa and the International Criminal Court: Is Global Justice Blind? Michelle Chen 2011

  • The bandages had been torn away, and the cold, salt spray had eaten into the half-healed wounds until they were numb and no longer pained.

    Chris Farrington, Able Seaman 2010

  • The face was covered with half-healed bruises, and the nose, which once was straight, had been bent to one side, but Hap still recognized the man.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • Her clothes were ripped to shreds and she was covered in half-healed wounds.

    Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011

  • There were times when the loss of so much cuticle kept him awake at night, and often the half-healed surface was raked raw afresh by the facetious Mr. Bunster.

    MAUKI 2010

  • She didn't try to hide the half-healed perfectly linear scabs on her arms.

    Group 2010

  • The bandage was gone from his head, and fresh blood had trickled from his half-healed wound.

    DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010

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