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Examples of splotch in a Sentence
Noun
the bleach left a small white splotch on my shirt
Verb
ink from a leaking pen had badly splotched his shirt pocket
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2024
At the turn of the 20th century, dental researchers noticed that many people living near high-fluoride water sources had splotches on their teeth, a condition called fluorosis.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Sep. 2024
Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2024
Thick corded trunks snake upward from the ground, reaching toward an overhead lattice of branches splotched with green.
—Pragathi Ravi, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
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Noun
In the early 1900s, scientists noticed that some communities of people in Colorado had permanent brown and white splotches on their teeth.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2024
At the turn of the 20th century, dental researchers noticed that many people living near high-fluoride water sources had splotches on their teeth, a condition called fluorosis.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
Back then, the Royal Caribbean vessel was essentially a blank canvas, shrouded in scaffolding and netting, with patches of pale blue livery splotched across the hull.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2024
Thick corded trunks snake upward from the ground, reaching toward an overhead lattice of branches splotched with green.
—Pragathi Ravi, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Splotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splotch. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.
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