flecked

Her resulting pumpkin blondies — flecked with dark chocolate chips and sea salt — are the perfect solution for holiday bakers who are low on time, but excited to capture seasonal flavors.

It threatened to sully her white dress flecked with rainbows.

Markus Johnson slumped naked against the wall of his cell, skin flecked with pepper spray, his face a mask of puzzlement, exhaustion and resignation.

Ishibashi’s score — swooning and orchestral, but flecked with hints of danger — underlines the feeling of disharmony, as do random gunshots exploding in the distance in the forest.

But these repetitive assertive-then-reticent cycles don’t accumulate interest or tension — though there are nice touches, like the sound of a trumpet flecked with harp.