speck
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
A new image captured on June 13, 2026, shows the rover as a tiny green speck against the Martian landscape, just one day before it officially reached the distance milestone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
“New York State created a Law, for an instant speck of time, going back many decades, in order to wrongfully ‘nab’ me,” he wrote.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
A slight misalignment, or even a speck of oil from the technician’s hands, and the strands won’t join.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
"If there's a speck of dust in your eye, you just get rid of it, right?"
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Every speck of anything that might become a wedding memory, she tosses in there—stuff like jewelry designs and invitation ideas and flower arrangement choices and photos of gowns.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
People reported specks of black oil rained down on the streets after the attack, which also saw columns of thick smoke going into the sky.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
With the naked eye, they looked like sand-colored specks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
A bottle of Ice Age glacial water from the Czech mountains contains dazzling specks of 24‑carat gold.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The production invoked the historical paintings of Hildegard’s visions as well as modern interpretations of them, using videos in which swirling specks of colored light coalesced into figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
I hope I will remember what it felt like to really see those specks of light that illuminate the darkness.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
