The phrase "a mark upon" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an impression, influence, or effect that something has on a person, object, or situation.
Example: "The experience left a mark upon her, shaping her perspective for years to come."
Alternatives: "an impression on" or "a stain on".
And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him".
To call them the Rushdi would be to send them into history with a mark upon their brow".
In the sense that he made a mark upon history, Lee Oswald succeeded far beyond his hopes.
Will there be a mark upon my name that gives rise to visits from people who can remove my children from my care?
(Blacks, according to Mormon tradition, were the descendants of Cain, cursed by God for his sins. "Cain slew his brother," Brigham Young, the second president of the Church, wrote. "And the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin". Black men were not allowed to join the priesthood until 1978).
"I work both in abstract and figurative styles and in any medium that will make a mark upon a surface.
The doctrine of Original Antigenic Sin states that an individual's first infection with an influenza A-type virus produces an indelible mark upon that person's immune system including an antibody response that persists for many years, possibly a lifetime.
The English word "character" is derived from the Greek charaktêr, which was originally used of a mark impressed upon a coin.
As he put it, "so many refused as made it fearful whether, like Cain, I had not a discouraging mark upon me, or a strong feature of Toryism" — like somehow people are looking at me and saying I look like a Tory?
Coin, a piece of metal or, rarely, some other material (such as leather or porcelain) certified by a mark or marks upon it as being of a specific intrinsic or exchange value.
It was also maintained that, for instance, the amputation of a pickpocket's right hand would lessen his physical ability to commit similar crimes in the future or that the branding of a telltale mark upon his forehead would alert his potential victims in a crowd to take special precautions while they were in his vicinity.
