Examples of mote in a Sentence
Noun
there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house
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Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Easily swept up by wind and carried long distances by water, these tiny motes are also exceedingly difficult to detect and almost impossible to remove from the environment.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
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Noun
Sunbeams through the windows illuminate floating dust motes—and, imperceptibly, microdroplets of mucus carrying the measles virus, expelled from an infected but asymptomatic child who is hopping and laughing among the others.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Easily swept up by wind and carried long distances by water, these tiny motes are also exceedingly difficult to detect and almost impossible to remove from the environment.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
Auxiliary verb
For Bay Area band Pablo Cruise, however, the connection to the genre has been longer — and mote literal — than for most.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
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“Mote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mote. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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