How to Use pitted in a Sentence

pitted

adjective
  • And don’t forget to add a bowl of pitted olives, perhaps a festive mixture of green and black.
    Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The pitted and marred shape feels closer to the inherent beauty of nature.
    Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Garnish with a long straw and baby corn, large pitted black olive and cherry pepper, all on a stick.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Eventually the lesions turn to scabs, which can fall off and leave pitted scars.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 25 May 2022
  • Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, and then spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars.
    CBS News, 19 Nov. 2021
  • And as the closeup photo from Rosetta at the top of this post shows, its surface is with pitted craters, peppered with boulders, and roughened by cliffs and crags.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2014
  • The open workroom, with its pitted and cracked concrete floor, smelled of industrial-strength bleach and apple peels.
    Shane Mitchell, Saveur, 21 Feb. 2018
  • So Pitted’s jagged, jarring punk made for one of last year’s best local records, and its raw two-guitar attack was just as vicious live.
    Andrew Gospe, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
  • To use, brush the gel on liberally to your metal item, making sure to work well into pitted areas.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Distinguished by its pitted texture, this porous stone requires lots of love and care.
    Sam Cochran, Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, followed by spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • It was identified as a brown diamond with a pitted surface.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Phantom and intermittent flushing can also be caused by a pitted valve seat.
    Fran Aliwalas, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The pitted and frosted surface of these grains is typical of desert sand, where grains constantly collide with one another.
    Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • A half-century later, the road has crumbled into a treacherous pitted track.
    New York Times, 16 Aug. 2021
  • That means bearings can become pitted and wear out faster because the force is always acting on the same point, whereas a flexible frame member made from carbon, steel, or even aluminum, can accommodate that range of motion without fatiguing.
    Seb Stott, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The autobiographical stories here — set on buses, or on Grindr dates, or on the pitted streets of New York — are calibrated to blast away condescension and replace it with something closer to comprehension.
    Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Experiment with different flavorings such as: soaked pitted dates; maple syrup or honey; cinnamon; vanilla extract; grated ginger root; citrus zest.
    Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2019

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