mote

Example Sentences

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It takes a hard heart to not feel a mote of empathy for Gosselin as she runs dead last in a short marathon to their barracks, ugly crying the entire time.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023

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

I thought of myself as hanging in the Store, a mote imprisoned on a shaft of sunlight.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou