How to Use speckle in a Sentence

speckle

1 of 2 noun
  • One records the white speckle of aphid eggs on a patch of leaves.
    — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Their belly is white with black speckles while their wings and back are black with white.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Her floor is white linoleum with black and dark blue speckles, over which she's laid a dark blue area rug.
    — Amy Freeman, Good Housekeeping, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Kids at school made comments as more and more white speckles appeared on his skin.
    — Natalie Angley, CNN, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Males can have orange and red speckles on their front legs and bright green or yellow heads.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The axolotl was pale with speckles and had injuries to its tail and stomach.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The voluptuous, extra curvy, plush golden me with a speckle of grey.
    — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The dress features a cool ombre effect throughout the piece with speckles of green.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The others came out mostly white with a smattering of pale speckles.
    — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Look for them in festive red, hot pink, cream, white, apricot, or with marbling, speckles, or streaks.
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2023
  • White speckles dot the purple mold, while a gradient sole unit runs through blue, purple and pink.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • This recipe calls for white chia seeds, which is really so the pudding looks uniform without any big black speckles.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 26 Jan. 2018
  • With gold-speckle acrylic handles, these Italian pieces are the perfect blend of formal and fun.
    — House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
  • He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with white speckles, black pants and was carrying a black backpack.
    — Samantha West, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2018
  • Shortly after the xx wrapped its set on Saturday, hundreds of tiny speckles of light filled the sky.
    — latimes.com, 15 Apr. 2017
  • Flashy Butter Oak is dazzling — its large, tender green leaves sport artful speckles of red.
    — Susan Russo, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2017
  • Seabirds and seals speckle floating icebergs in this calm stretch of Alaska’s Glacier Bay.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The eggs vary in color—from white to blue to brown—with speckles, blotches, and other markings and are also distinctive in shape.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
  • After billions of years, however, that dazzling surface is now rife with dark tracks, speckles, and splotches.
    — National Geographic, 3 July 2019
  • Similarly, their laser-phosphor light engine can't show laser speckle, which can be an issue for tri-color laser sources.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 17 May 2026
  • Many types of lungwort grow leaves which are frequently splashed with silvery white speckles for extra interest in the shady part of the garden.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The overall treatment is the boldest of the lot, with an upper split with blue and white speckle on the lateral half and solid red on the medial.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • While gray speckles in his beard betray his youthful countenance, Thompson’s face has largely remained the same.
    — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The scanner projects invisible laser light on the target, then analyzes the speckle patterns that are bounced back with its depth camera.
    — Bill Loguidice, Ars Technica, 17 June 2017
  • The blanket, wrapped tightly around a baby, and its flourishes of red embroidery looking eerily like speckles of blood.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
  • These colors include deep iris speckle, cream speckle, citron speckle and lavender (which does not include the new speckle pattern).
    — Josie Howell | [email protected], al, 27 June 2023
  • To get the image hidden in the speckle—a process called non-line-of-sight correlography—involves a bear of a calculation.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Women accentuated their costume gowns with rhinestones and shimmering speckles on and around their eyes.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Another is speckle imaging, which uses sequences of extremely short exposures to freeze out that same motion.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Whilst a speckle of dignity was restored by Adolfo Valencia in the 90th minute, the dye had been cast.
    — SI.com, 13 May 2018

speckle

2 of 2 verb
  • Paint them mint green and sky blue, and then speckle them with a dark brown.
    — Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Blood speckled his jeans and his sneakers from a wound on his arm.
    — Mike Newall, Philly.com, 30 May 2018
  • The foliage is white with dark green veins and speckled with pink dots.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
  • The fish's flanks were speckled with blue, red and yellow dots.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Some are speckled with herbs, many are trussed and two come with a wedge of citrus.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 2025
  • Tiny spots of bright, white light speckling a jet black field suggest a placid night sky.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Inside it was speckled with white cheddar and bits of hatch chili.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The downtown strip is speckled with cute gift shops and cozy eateries.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
  • The sleeves here are the star, hanging off her arms like clouds speckled with stardust.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Mar. 2023
  • My sister’s eyes were bloodshot, and her skin was speckled with tiny, red dots.
    — Des Moines Register, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The student's legs were spread in a wide vee, knee-high red rubber boots speckled with sand.
    — Lynn Ischay, cleveland.com, 17 June 2017
  • The floors, meanwhile, are speckled with proof of her work, which sits displayed on an easel.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The handsome fish, its flanks speckled with blue, red and yellow, flopped on a bed of fresh snow.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The same pencil was also used to speckle her face with faux freckles.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 19 Mar. 2018
  • On Tuesday, a few campaign signs speckled the cream walls of the room.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
  • It's speckled with white clouds, and the ozone appears in magenta.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 June 2023
  • The sky was blue, and the sun warm, and the mountains speckled with granite and scraggly pines.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
  • In the living room, dirt was blown into the house and speckled a far wall from floor to ceiling.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The coconut frosting, speckled with coconut flakes, was the best part.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Inside, a long, gray bar — speckled like the surface of the moon — sits near a hi-fi stereo system.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 Nov. 2025
  • On the savory side is a cheesy Dutch baby speckled with bacon.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Prisoners locked in their cells for days on end report walls speckled with feces and blood.
    — Mario Koran Jamie Kelter Davis, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Foliage is a medium green color speckled with silver or light green spots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • This past Monday through Friday was of course speckled with gems, too.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The largest pumpkin must have had seven arrows stuck in it; the smaller ones were speckled with them.
    — Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2018
  • So far this season, Gausman’s four-seam fastball has speckled the strike zone.
    — Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 1 July 2018
  • Technicians pluck out the paper, speckled with hundreds of tiny eggs.
    — Stephanie Nolen and Eleanor Lutz. Photography and Video By Federico Rios Escobar For The New York Times. Eleanor Lutz, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • But seeing those pink stalks speckled with flecks of green was a sure sign that spring, and pie baking, were just around the corner.
    — Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Use bananas that are speckled with brown or even ones that have turned completely brown (just be sure there is no mold or soft spots).
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The casemaking moth is darker and speckled.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025

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