Example Sentences

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Flecks of animated snow — the doodles are a motif throughout the series — intermingle with real snowflakes as Tara kisses Darcy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Flecks of vanilla bean are distinctly visible, and the syrup is best kept refrigerated—further evidence that it's made with high-quality ingredients.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2023

Implicitly, unavoidably, Joker asks us to pay attention to the Arthur Flecks of this world, hopped up on bitterness, injustice and their own brand of fake news.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2020

Thirty years ago, Penny Fleck worked for him, and Arthur hopes to exploit that distant link, though Wayne has nothing but scorn for the Flecks of this fragmented world.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 27, 2019

Flecks of loose limestone crumbled off the cave ceiling and rained onto her shoulders.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat