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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are marred" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has been damaged, spoiled, or made imperfect in some way.
Example: "The once beautiful landscape is now marred by pollution and litter."
Alternatives: "are damaged" or "are blemished".
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Both are marred — though in different ways — by exceptions to the new rules, and by restrictions on the new consumer agency's independence and rule-making authority.
The efforts of other authors are marred by the general confusion about the source of European foreign policy that pervades the entire issue.
Coastal villages are marred by these confrontations.
Articles written about him are marred by inaccuracies.
And some of those enrollments are marred by mistakes.
But both messages are marred by silly political bluster.
But too often, the flashes of excellence are marred.
The five other schemes are well-meaning, but they are marred by some degree of hokeyness.
They're the ones whose magazine covers are marred by a bar code splodged in the corner.
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The original woodblock continued to be used, even though later printings are marred by woodworm holes and a crack through the rhino's legs.
She reminds one of how many children's books are marred by a soft focus, a well-intentioned belief that the world must be presented as unflaggingly cheerful.
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