Example Sentences

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As he recounted the odyssey, more than 20 years of practice could be charted through various blotches and burn scars on his arms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

But other populations are bright green and lack blotches, making them look almost identical to the redtail pit viper.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

“If it does easily, you may not need as much water. If it’s difficult to come out, or comes out in blotches, use the wet method.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

From a distance, blurs and blotches, a sky, shapes whipping by at high speed, but blown up and zoomed in to such a degree that they’re basically abstract, flecked with stray pixels.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

It was dull gray, mottled with greenish and brownish blotches that looked like mildew.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau