speck

Example Sentences

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As a character, Dalton’s only speck of depth comes from feeling ashamed about his temper, a rage that gets so hot it ruins his life.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

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

A distant speck on the horizon, the elf fell through the air.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin