splotches
Example Sentences
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The other is an overlay of orange and yellow splotches on the land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
The paint-spattered wooden floor is littered with pages from old newspapers, some scrumpled up, the black and white print obscured by vibrant splotches of colour.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Even a healthy apple is susceptible to bitter pit, a disorder that marks the skin with black splotches and ruins the fruit’s flesh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The Western United States has experienced an unprecedented number of wildfires in recent years, and some have ripped across the Owyhees, leaving splotches of burned land behind.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
They had hair the color of cardboard in splotches over parts of their bodies, but mostly they were just yellow and scabby skinned.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
