splotches

Example Sentences

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The paint-spattered wooden floor is littered with pages from old newspapers, some scrumpled up, the black and white print obscured by vibrant splotches of colour.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Layered on top are paint splotches and streaks, as well as taped-on paper and vellum, blurring and obscuring the collage of figures underneath.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Even a healthy apple is susceptible to bitter pit, a disorder that marks the skin with black splotches and ruins the fruit’s flesh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

The Western United States has experienced an unprecedented number of wildfires in recent years, and some have ripped across the Owyhees, leaving splotches of burned land behind.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

He paused to reach under his pant leg and scratch at the red splotches on his calf.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson