BLEMISH in a Sentence

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For BLEMISH, below is one of 11 sentences:
It was very pretty then, but to me it is much prettier now, for in this seeming blemishes I read a little history.

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 Meanings and Examples of BLEMISH
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blemish
 v.  mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
Classic Sentence:
1  The sewer is the blemish which Paris has in her blood.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS
2  He examined him, and found him sound and without blemish.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
3  There is not a blemish in mind or person at which the proudest of you all would sicken.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
4  Let no prince complain of the faults committed by a people under his control; since these must be ascribed either to his negligence, or to his being himself blemished by similar defects.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIX.
5  It was very pretty then, but to me it is much prettier now, for in this seeming blemishes I read a little history.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
6  But once get used to these slight blemishes and nothing could be more complete, for good sense and good taste had presided over the furnishing, and the result was highly satisfactory.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Example Sentence:
1  She has a blemish above her right eye.
2  Every piece is closely scrutinised, and if there is the slightest blemish on it, it is rejected.
3  A mole is a blemish on a person's skin.
4  A newspaper article alleging he had taken bribes may blemish his reputation.
5  His reputation was blemished by that article.