How to Use fleck in a Sentence

fleck

1 of 2 verb

• She flecked the canvas with blue paint.
• The scales on their wings fleck off and can’t be replaced.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
• Buchholz is warm and earnest, with short brown hair flecked with gray.
  — Aaron Reuben, Outside Online, 1 May 2019
• My first year clean, the whole world was flecked in gold and coming at me.
  — Elizabeth Wurtzel, Time, 22 Feb. 2018
• The night sky is flecked with so many stars, even moonless nights seem bright.
  — Patti Davis, Town & Country, 1 Nov. 2012
• In at least one edition of the work, the fruit is flecked with brown spots.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
• The paint on its walls is peeling, and the red and white sign on its roof is flecked with green.
  — Joshua Mandell, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• Want simply grilled ahi tuna flecked with salt and pepper?
  — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 13 Aug. 2025
• The fries are skin-on; the potato pancakes are crisp and lacy at the edges flecked with green onion.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2018
• Sunlight glistened on the granite counter top, which was white flecked with black and gray.
  — Lisa Scottoline, Philly.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• The first two discs are flecked with revelations.
  — Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
• Around us were rolling hills flecked with houses, dappled by the sun shining through the clouds.
  — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
• The glittery flecks catch the sun just-so, adding up to a low-key statement swimsuit.
  — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
• Let sputter until nut-scented and the bottom of the pan is flecked with brown bits.
  — Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• It is completely coated with a glaze that is just set, and flecked with vanilla bean.
  — Kristen Hartke, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
• Older men, their beards flecked with soup, ate near young parents whose children had spilled food down their sweaters.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020
• In the four-square-block downtown, the buildings are salt-flecked, their flanks bowed from years of moisture.
  — Matthew Shaer, New Republic, 5 Oct. 2017
• And the right side of his face, including his matted, scraggly red beard flecked with gray.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Her sky-blue eyes, flecked with silver and hazel, narrow slightly, then relax.
  — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
• Now, the bar doesn’t bread its own fish, but the cod is sweet, and the coleslaw, flecked with plenty of celery seed, is house-made.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
• The flaky, buttery crust flecked with salt covers a gooey concoction of chocolate, caramel and pecan.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• The exterior, a carapace with a deep brown hue, is flecked in black sesame seeds and scraggly around the edges.
  — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2025
• Naturally, the crowd was flecked with bursts of purple and yellow.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• The real star here, though, is the midnight pasta, which is flecked with guanciale and doused in grana padano, chili, and basil.
  — Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2018
• The seafood is presented as a coral stripe on a golden canvas of rice, fragrant with sage and flecked with bits of squash.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
• Slabs of granite flecked with flowering bushes mark the summit.
  — Michael J. Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
• Like a desert lizard, up close the town’s brick facades and streets were speckled with a range of sand-to-brown shades, flecked with pink limestone.
  — Albert Stumm, The Seattle Times, 22 Sep. 2017
• Her snout was flecked with crusty lesions, a sign of a skin infection common among pigs kept in tight conditions.
  — Travis Dove, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2019
• An orb with sawtooth mouth clenches a snake, whose head disappears into a cut-out heart flecked with blossoms and flies.
  — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 4 July 2018
• Open the door to streets lined with trees and flecked with benches, where the bell of the light rail dings its warning as cyclists zip by on narrow roads.
  — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026

fleck

2 of 2 noun

• The police found flecks of blood on his clothes.
• In our tests, smoothies came out thick and smooth with no flecks of kale.
  — Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2023
• The light brown hair, worn in an all-purpose crop, bears flecks of gray.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
• Were there enough paint flecks to identify the type of paint?
  — Cathy Locke, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
• One blink, and it was gone again, just another fleck in the mulch.
  — Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
• Light streams through the frosted glass, catching flecks of dust.
  — Ashley Andreou, STAT, 22 June 2026
• Flames turned the sky over the city red as choking smoke and swirling flecks of ash filled the air.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• Even a fleck of paint is enough to damage the window of a spacecraft.
  — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2022
• Its gray-blue flanks were ticked with cream flecks and its ventral fins were tinged with orange.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2018
• No discernible flecks of pepper or anything else in the crust.
  — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 28 Mar. 2018
• Don’t be misled by the flecks of greenery in the biscuit’s crust.
  — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 25 Apr. 2018
• Hours later in the mirror, a stray fleck of glitter is still stuck to my cheek.
  — Faran Krentcil, ELLE, 26 May 2023
• Plus, one that has a little sparkle will bring out golden flecks in the irises.
  — Catherine Devine, Allure, 7 Oct. 2017
• The creamy formula won’t leave you with flecks of highlighter all over your face.
  — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 18 June 2018
• The white away kit is equally stylish, with flecks of red and blue throughout the design.
  — SI.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• This is when, allegedly, a fleck of spit flew from my mouth and landed on her sweater.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• As the tumblers rattle and spin, the rock breaks down and flecks of gold bind to the mercury.
  — National Geographic, 24 May 2016
• The eatery serves them up full of the flavor of beef tallow, right down to the meaty flecks stuck to the spuds.
  — Jay Jones, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2019
• Vermiculite, a fine, puffed, gold flecks mica, which helps with drainage.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
• Vermiculite, a fine, puffed, gold flecks mica, which helps with drainage.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
• Even small pieces of debris — a nut or even a fleck of paint — can cause enormous damage in space.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
• How many of you have ended up with a fleck of shadow lodged underneath your lens?
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 20 Aug. 2018
• The light had a wintry grain, with flecks of color suspended in it.
  — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
• With the new method, Min’s group found that every liter harbored at least ten times more flecks.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• The patient noted tiny gray flecks drifting across his field of vision a week ago.
  — Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• Even just sitting in a humid cabinet can lead to flecks of rust on a cast-iron pan.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
• Berber carpet Berber is a type of loop pile carpet with flecks of color.
  — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
• The tiny flecks peppered the jungle flora with a light patter.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2018
• Its gel-like consistency helps the flecks cling to your lids without the need for glue.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 11 July 2019
• The bit of glimmer is echoed in subtle flecks on the dancers’ shimmery white unitards.
  — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026