speckle
Example Sentences
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As time passes, the speckle shifts, which allows different parts of the cells to become visible.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
But instead of seeking to speckle them with familiar, Earthly worlds, we can give in to the alienation and embrace the loneliness, let it transmute into a new kind of awe.
From Slate • Jul. 13, 2022
Humans are rare in Dilg’s landscapes, though their impact is not; in “Improvements,” large tree stumps speckle the bank of a river like pockmarks.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021
It is restless and searching, continually morphing in shape, an abstract paintbrush swoosh one moment, a speckle of raindrops the next.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2020
“Please remove this woman,” said another senator, a man with broad, bullish shoulders and a speckle of sweat on his pale skin.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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