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 coronavirus had the world’s attention by then; much of the United States was enduring a gray, wet month and watching an inkblot spread of infection in Asia and Europe.
From Washington Post • May 14, 2020
The night seemed like an inkblot I had to figure out.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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