Example Sentences

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With the naked eye, they looked like sand-colored specks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

A bottle of Ice Age glacial water from the Czech mountains contains dazzling specks of 24‑carat gold.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The production invoked the historical paintings of Hildegard’s visions as well as modern interpretations of them, using videos in which swirling specks of colored light coalesced into figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

In Sydney's historic Rocks precinct, a cobblestoned alleyway has been transformed into a winter wonderland for two weeks of Christmas in July markets, complete with fake snow machines churning specks of foam onto passersby.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Suddenly he was aware that two black specks were moving slowly along it, going westward; and looking again he saw that three others were creeping eastward to meet them.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien