speck

Example Sentences

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Perhaps people who we hero worship are not quite as — you know, in every saint, there is a speck of dust and every sinner a spark of gold.

From Salon

But it is particularly Jean’s voice — her raw drive, with no speck of self-pity, to make work against wretched odds — that haunts the mind long after reading “Take What You Need.”

From Washington Post

You’d think this speck on the map would have little strategic significance, but the sheer amount of ammunition spent there suggest otherwise.

From New York Times

Scientists have come tantalizingly close to reproducing the power of the sun — albeit only in a speck of hydrogen for a fraction of a second.

From New York Times

Besides menus, which are presented in text and through audio description, the only visuals in The Vale are colored specks that float across a black screen.

From The Verge