inkblot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The blue check mark has long been a cultural inkblot of sorts.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
When one day he threw away a page he had ruined with an inkblot, Alyce snatched it up and stuffed the stiff vellum into her bodice.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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