mote

But even he receives a mote of benediction, especially when he commits sins he can’t undo.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025

Bangladesh, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has raised fuel prices by mote than 50% in just a week.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022

He noted that Jesus Christ, who was the original pundit, said to “cast out the beam in our own eye before we cast out the mote in the eye of another.”

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2022

The bee tugged diligently at a mote of the muck with her mouthparts, then carried it away.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2020

Morning light, mote filled and yellow, streamed in through the narrow glassless window.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

How do you get from microscopic motes to entire worlds thousands of kilometers across?

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020

“What he came to believe, I think deeply and honestly, was that human beings were insignificant little dust motes in this enormous universe and that eventually we would discover that we were not particularly significant.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2020

But the superconducting sensors could measure only the average field across the zircons, which are as small as motes of dust.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 22, 2020

Blanchett adeptly realizes these motes of internal struggle throughout the series, which makes the moments when she drops her façade and voices her aggravation at having to dim her abilities pay off splendidly.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2020

With his one hand it would be possible in seconds to squeeze Hatsue’s letter into motes of dust and obliterate its message forever.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Round Continent, they wrote, “produces the moste dear skins,” while the “Round and Long Continents are the best history and story righting in the world, and best artests.”

From Slate ● May 28, 2015

I will not here describe the moste part of the prouision for that feast, nor the diuersity of Meates, or the delycate kyndes of Wines.

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter

HEre followeth the vnrulye rablement of rascals, and the moste notoryous and wyckedst walkers that are lyuinge nowe at this present, with their true names as they be called and knowne by.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by John Awdeley

The second is: what moste is worth And of costáge is lest put forth.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

Comfortable words, indeed, and good to set against the old royalty of Largesse— "Whose moste joie was, I wis, When that she gave, and said, 'Have this.'"

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin