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

Plus, my leg was sensitive to the touch, but the splotches weren’t killing me or anything.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024

Anya didn’t want to venture closer to see what the splotches were.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack