splotches
Example Sentences
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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
Layered on top are paint splotches and streaks, as well as taped-on paper and vellum, blurring and obscuring the collage of figures underneath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 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
Plus, my leg was sensitive to the touch, but the splotches weren’t killing me or anything.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2024
Dampness had seeped under the glass and made splotches on the paper, but by holding their candles up close, they could read it.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
