Example Sentences

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Captain Wragge was waiting for her in the parlor—respectable, in a frock-coat, a stiff summer cravat, and a high white hat; specklessly and cheerfully rural, in a buff waistcoat, gray trousers, and gaiters to match.

From No Name by Collins, Wilkie

The room we go into is specklessly clean, and through the wide sliding panels, which are open on to the verandah, we see a glimpse of the blue sea.

From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)

Lemuel followed his officer downstairs into a basement, where on either side of a white-walled, brilliantly lighted, specklessly clean corridor, there were numbers of cells, very clean, and smelling of fresh whitewash.

From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean

He noticed the innocent pail on the area bench, never empty, always specklessly clean.

From The Desert and the Sown by Foote, Mary Hallock

They had supper at a restaurant of Tim's discovery, small, specklessly tidy, and as unexacting of the pocket as the stable.

From Stories of a Western Town by Thanet, Octave