flyspeck

Example Sentences

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He pared away the flyspecks and stray hairs and human impulses.

From New York Times

“Look, I’m not going to flyspeck this,” the president added.

From Washington Post

My hometown, Gibsland, a flyspeck of a place, was and is majority Black.

From Seattle Times

In Sunday’s filing, prosecutors said the bar for overturning a jury verdict should be very high and that judges should reject the “invitation to flyspeck the jury’s verdict in hopes of a better outcome.”

From Seattle Times

But it is not the attorney general’s job to flyspeck every sentencing memorandum.

From Washington Post