freckle

I can feel the backs of my knees burn and I can see my otherwise monochrome shoulders freckle if I’m outside for a bit too long.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023

These Polynesian islands — a freckle, invisible on many maps — make up the world's fourth smallest nation, population around 12,000 and a land size of ten square miles.

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2022

Paris Tippett, 26, from Reading said she noticed a new freckle on her leg after prolonged sunbed use and was subsequently diagnosed with stage two melanoma.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022

At the Estadio Olimpico in Honduras last month, about two dozen American fans were tucked into one corner of the packed stadium, a freckle of red in a sea of blue.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2021

Not that she could make out sea lions from this distance—the lone sailboat she could see wasn’t any bigger than her fingernail, so a sea lion would be like the size of a freckle.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Families with pale skin, freckles or a history of skin cancer should be extra careful.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

The biggest risk factors for melanoma turn out to be genetic: having red hair, pale skin, freckles or moles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

You want freckles and edges that lean just shy of too dark.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

By the 1920s, a few freckles and a well-placed tan line would probably mean you had moved up a social class or two, and suggested health, wealth and luxurious holidays.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

Maybe it’s the hair or the freckles or the pinkness of his cheeks.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

The film’s aesthetic is bold and brash, featuring brilliantly hued red floors and walls designed to look like Cathy’s freckled skin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

Its shell is painted to resemble SpongeBob’s freckled face.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

A fuzzy, freckled gull chick emerged from a bayberry bush, stared curiously at me as if it had spotted a Martian, and then waddled back to its hiding place.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

But the glow of the freckled, big-eyed actor who so memorably played Marion Ravenwood has only grown stronger over time.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

Maddy must hear the sarcasm in my voice, because her freckled nose crinkles and her mouth twists into a smirk.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Jupiter’s great red spot is visible at the 10 o’clock position; a freckling of white ovals—most distinct at eight and nine o’clock—likely indicate deep atmospheric storms.

From Time ● Oct. 25, 2017

It is a freckling of snow on cobbled pavements and the golden light from a window on a dark evening that glows like a Russian icon on a museum wall.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2017

Holocaust Memorial Museum stretched halfway down the block Wednesday, raindrops freckling the sidewalk, as Barbara Conroy and her teenage granddaughter, Molly Giguiere, inched toward the doors.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2017

One image released Wednesday depicts a white male with fair to very fair complexion, with some freckling, brown or black hair, and hazel or brown eyes, at about age 25.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2016

“Decent food. The Internet. I don’t miss the sun that much. At least I’m not freckling anymore. What about you?”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer