speck
Example Sentences
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A great big apple tree grows from a tiny brown speck of a seed.
From Literature
There was not a speck of cloud in the blue sky.
From Literature
A black expanse lay on one side of the road, fringed by distant specks of light—the lake, again.
From Literature
Surely, there has got to be some speck of humanity here, some microcosmic pocket of life detectable amid her robotic demeanor and Ratner’s styleless direction.
From Salon
A slight misalignment, or even a speck of oil from the technician’s hands, and the strands won’t join.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
