speck
Example Sentences
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"If there's a speck of dust in your eye, you just get rid of it, right?"
From BBC
We took that little bitty speck of music and it’s global now.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s just a speck, so I still consider it a win.
From Literature
A speck of an island with a land area of 171 square miles, Curacao is 40 miles north of Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times
Abandoning Ukrainians over the specks of sawdust in their eyes would be hypocritical and counter to our interests.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.