With tentative fingers he touched the hideous wound in her neck.

His mere wounds too hideous even to think of, mutilations worse than death.

From this position, she studied what was left of him, rather than concentrating on the hideous wounds.

Her gaze swept over him, and she saw the blood, blood so dark it was almost black, seeping from a hideous wound in his chest.

Through the torn prison uniform Violet saw hideous wounds.

My gaze met Dougal's as he also looked down at the hideous wound.

For a moment he glanced at the hideous wound left by his blade.

He couldn't see the man's face, which was covered by bandages to hide the hideous wound that had robbed him of his sight.

Time's power to heal - or at least to dull - even the most hideous wounds may be the greatest tragedy of all.

There was a hideous wound in her temple, as if a knife had been driven right through her brain.