Example Sentences

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Some careful retouching was ultimately required, especially where paint had flecked off around the tear.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2010

Not the faintest shadow had flecked the sunshine of our passion for each other.

From Five Nights by Cross, Victoria

Ample justice was done to Aunt Katie's skill amid jests and laughter while the gloomy clouds that had flecked each heart were forgotten.

From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Glenwood, Ida

Gwennole the monk had missed Gradlon, and had followed him to the forest, to find him there on the morrow, lying on a bed of moss which the fallen leaves had flecked with gold.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona