flecking
- present participle of fleck.
Example Sentences
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Tall, with gray flecking his brown beard, Mr. Vance has the campaign vibe of an easygoing, hyper-smart soccer dad.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
In person, Slaiby — his hair cropped high, gray hairs flecking his beard — is all business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Basinski began digitising the old tape loops, but bits of the tape’s metal surface starting flecking off.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2019
For starters, the police and all they survey in their bleak precinct are in desperate straits, even down to the paint flecking off the station house’s walls.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2013
That spring morning she had flown over the sea with her bare feet skimming the water, her boots in her pockets, the ocean spray flecking her ankles, laughing with the speed and joy of it.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
