speckle
Example Sentences
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One of Mr. Joseph’s interviewees remembers Sondheim pinning an oatmeal-raisin cookie to a speckled piece of pine paneling.
The towns speckling the Columbia River basin have long ridden the ebbs and flows of far-off markets: volatile crop prices, changes in the livestock trade, pressure on the lumber industry.
Diversified operates just a fraction of the wells speckling Appalachia, home to two of America’s most prolific shale formations.
In his larger home – with patios and several rooms – a group of speckled hens fights for rooftop space between the solar panels.
From BBC
One of them kept her eyes glued to Palacios as she reached sneakily for the cat’s speckled fur.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
