speck

Example Sentences

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The Butterfly moved it in a quick arc, and with a speed I wouldn’t have thought possible, that flickering speck of light leaped from that lighter to the wall of the ship’s passageway and ignited.

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They reached an elevation that looked down upon the Very, Very Far North, with a few clouds actually hanging below them and the Shipwreck nothing but a speck seen far off in the distance.

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He must have been holding his breath because I couldn’t see one speck of life anywhere in his body.

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She dropped a speck in my hand, and all my hope drained away.

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There was no sign of a sail, but there was a speck that could be a boat with someone inside it.

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