speck

Example Sentences

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Surely, there has got to be some speck of humanity here, some microcosmic pocket of life detectable amid her robotic demeanor and Ratner’s styleless direction.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

We took that little bitty speck of music and it’s global now.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

The painter adds, as grace notes, eight daubs of red, two no larger than a speck, to the prevailing gray.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

“We ignored that cough, that speck in the X-ray,” Levin concluded, now somber.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

People sitting on cabin porches would wonder whether the speck would take the form of man, woman, or child.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong