speckle

Example Sentences

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As time passes, the speckle shifts, which allows different parts of the cells to become visible.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

But instead of seeking to speckle them with familiar, Earthly worlds, we can give in to the alienation and embrace the loneliness, let it transmute into a new kind of awe.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2022

Hot spots continue to speckle the map of the country, many of them in line with low vaccination rates but others in areas where vaccinations are among the highest.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

Humans are rare in Dilg’s landscapes, though their impact is not; in “Improvements,” large tree stumps speckle the bank of a river like pockmarks.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

The sky above them was stormy, and as they sailed closer, rain began to speckle the surface of the sea.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell