inkblot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Other investors and analysts treated the speech as an inkblot test that reinforced their prior views.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
He goes on, “I did not like to be known. I preferred to be misunderstood and cryptic, like an inkblot or a footprint.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Like a psychologist's inkblot test, it was possible to look at England's work, draw on different aspects and reach very different conclusions.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023
The map they made from these observations shows the Milky Way appearing like a squashed inkblot, with the sun near the center.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 4, 2023
I saw that oil had spilled under the jeep and stained the driveway like a big Rorschach inkblot.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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