speckled

[ US /ˈspɛkəɫd/ ]
[ UK /spˈɛkə‍ld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having a pattern of dots
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How To Use speckled In A Sentence

  • Choose a white form if you want to add a bit more light to proceedings but, in my humble opinion, speckled purple is the best. Times, Sunday Times
  • Large numbers of vestal moths and a few crimson speckled moths, both normally resident in the Mediterranean, have been seen on the south-west and south-east coasts and in Gwynedd.
  • Galicians specialize in trencherman food: suckling pig, grilled skate, pulpy octopus speckled with sea salt and paprika.
  • From the cooler water morwong, to a splendid angelfish and the brightly speckled hawkfish, this oceanic haven in the middle of a vast sea vibrates to the rhythm of the Pacific's currents.
  • When I stood on my native hills, and saw plain and mountain stretch out to the utmost limits of my vision, speckled by the dwellings of my countrymen, and subdued to fertility by their labours, the earth's very centre was fixed for me in that spot, and the rest of her orb was as a fable, to have forgotten which would have cost neither my imagination nor understanding an effort. Introduction, I.1
  • Others are swamp blue aster, a pink turtlehead, speckled joe-pye weed, great lobelia, Pennsylvania buttercup, and several kinds of sedges.
  • Some crystals grow to a much bigger size giving granite a speckled appearance.
  • These colours can be speckled or spiced up with added sparkle and are available in perfectly smooth or textured options. Times, Sunday Times
  • The bird, a lovely white-and-brown speckled ring-necked dove, dozed off from the comfortable heat of the room as she wrote her letter.
  • Please tell more about them, mother," said Marjorie, coming up with her hands full of yellow, speckled adder's-tongue. Our Little Canadian Cousin
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