speckled
Example Sentences
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Prized vinyl records and vintage audio equipment are nothing more than a blank mush, speckled with ashes and broken pieces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
You wait until the bananas are nearly gone — soft, speckled, with that distinct on-the-edge-of-death banana smell — and turn them into something new.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Common rattlesnakes in California include the Mojave, northern Pacific, red, sidewinder, speckled, and western diamondback rattlesnakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
The signature speckled edges and thumb indexes are preserved, helping to make the volume self-consciously display-friendly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
I jab a spoon in my cereal, which has absorbed so much milk that the pieces look like bloated life jackets bobbing in a speckled ocean.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
