Example Sentences

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They eventually hatched with Pebbles born on Friday and Speckles the next day.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

Speckles of mud splatter also adorn the helmets.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022

Bertie worries that settling down with Speckles means settling for him and that her control-freak personality might drive away both her boyfriend and her best friend.

From Slate • May 2, 2019

He spent his days talking with pigeons to whom he had given names: Checkers and Wingtip and Speckles.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2018

Then, while Mrs. Speckles and Mrs. Feathertoes were disputing as to which laid the best eggs, Unc' Billy would slip out and breakfast on both those newly laid eggs.

From The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)