Adjective : a battle-scarred warship. ,a sale of battle-scarred desks.    From Dictionary.com. 

She instinctively protected her battle-scarred heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mistress for a Weekend]

Get some sense into that battle-scarred brain of yours!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pagan Passions] Reference

Ruefully, she looked at the newly battle-scarred shield.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference

The one that was holding her arm was a big dog, battle-scarred.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

But a new rotation in the battle-scarred city brings new tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2006] Reference

Not the same could be said about our weary and battle-scarred Jetta.    From Wordnik.com.  [truckeratlas Diary Entry] Reference

Near the foot of a cliff that arose, like the battle-scarred walls of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indian Legends of Minnesota] Reference

Well, tonight's panel includes some battle-scarred political veterans.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2008] Reference

Her left arm she guards with a battle-scarred shield scored by weapons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference

I'm sure he'd be the first one to tell how this process is battle-scarred.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jon Chattman: Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley on "Ups and Downs," Taking Moonstruck to Broadway and the Plays That Inspired Him] Reference

These battle-scarred streets were once a favorite hangout for Baghdad's youth.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2006] Reference

And if -- and, yes, they may be battle-scarred, but I think you want to know.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2008] Reference

Ramadi's battle-scarred streets have become a graveyard for the city's services.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 26, 2007] Reference

In 1865, came the close of the war and the return of the battle-scarred veterans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884] Reference

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, EDITOR, "THE NATION": Well, I'm not a battle-scarred veteran.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2008] Reference

LISOVICZ (voice-over): At 77, Warren Buffett is road-tested, but not battle-scarred.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 5, 2008] Reference

Death itself was so beautiful, so noble, so illustrious, in its battle-scarred purple!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

  None of them looked quite like that, but they're certainly battle-scarred and tough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vic's] Reference

Another motif in the letters was the volley between two battle-scarred Windows factions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dickens calling -- on smart phone] Reference

As I toured the battle-scarred streets of Kenema, grateful Sierra Leonean citizens surrounded me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The High Cost Of 'Cheap' Peace] Reference

She had no one to turn to, no one to champion her cause, save this stubborn, battle-scarred lord.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gentle Warrior]

PETER FENN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: I will tell you, she certainly is battle-tested, battle-scarred.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2007] Reference

She cleaned and scraped her sea-worn, battle-scarred vessels, under the supervision of grim, silent Togo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Russia] Reference

A burst of color in Gaza's battle-scarred landscape, carried out past the barbed wire straight on to the beach.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2007] Reference

He was several times severely wounded, and bears upon his person visible evidences of the battle-scarred veteran.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference

CNN's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson takes us on a tour with troops in the battle-scarred city.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 26, 2007] Reference

But in a matter of yards along Grand Avenue, the ambience goes from quaint cottages to battle-scarred public housing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miami's Grove Of Crack] Reference

With just hours to go, these young men are preparing to bring film to the battle-scarred streets of the Iraqi capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2009] Reference

Also on the site you'll find the story of warrior one, the battle-scarred Humvee used by CNN during the Iraq invasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 26, 2007] Reference

Thousands of civilians danced and waved at the 400 troops, as that convoy made its way through the battle-scarred city.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2003] Reference

However, the battle-scarred veterans of our Money team have seen our share of recessions, and some of us even took notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recession’s bright side? Bargains for brave consumers] Reference

And it doesn't hurt that the 6-foot-2, brooding-eyed Banks, unlike the battle-scarred 50, looks like a teen idol in the making.    From Wordnik.com.  [HORIZONS UNLIMITED] Reference

(McKay, as the aid worker who bought his keffiyeh in Top Shop, and as the battle-scarred sergeant, commands the stage in both.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Game: Afghanistan] Reference

We've been speaking with Bonnie Schneider all morning, where one is the battle-scarred humvee used by CNN during the Iraq invasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 26, 2007] Reference

On and on they went, and presently they found themselves traveling over the battle-scarred and shell-pitted territory of No Man's Land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam] Reference

Straight on, with tremendous headway and a fearful, gathering momentum, headed for the grimy, battle-scarred broadside of the old Scarboro.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference