speckle
noun
a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin.
speckled
Example Sentences
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You wait until the bananas are nearly gone — soft, speckled, with that distinct on-the-edge-of-death banana smell — and turn them into something new.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Besson’s “Dracula” is over the top, highly stylized and speckled with outrageous creatures, visual effects and a plot that somehow connects Count Dracula to the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Fighting it in the Pacific would involve a vast, watery battlespace speckled with jungle-swathed island chains—all within reach of those missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
One of Mr. Joseph’s interviewees remembers Sondheim pinning an oatmeal-raisin cookie to a speckled piece of pine paneling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The rocks below the bats were slubbered with wet, greasy guano, a spinach- green paste speckled with gray blobs, which reminded me of oysters Rockefeller.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
