How to Use splotch in a Sentence

splotch

1 of 2 noun

• When Miles spritzed it with water, the black splotch bloomed bright and green.
  — Sabrina Imbler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
• The coronal hole is that big, dark-blue splotch at the bottom.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2014
• The night that once stained his career is barely a splotch now.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 27 June 2018
• Seen from above, MTM looks like brown rash splotches on a green body.
  — Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 19 July 2015
• While the state cleaned off most of the paint, red splotches are still visible.
  — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
• These splotches shouldn't last long and shouldn't be a cause for concern.
  — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 29 June 2023
• An egg mass is a light-colored splotch with a waxy gray coating.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• There are a few other red splotches as well as some breakouts on the rest of her face.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 24 Oct. 2023
• The black splotches were raised, like tiny hillocks, and covered in even tinier white stipples.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
• The red splotch grew every day but was never itchy and lasted for about six days.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2021
• To the naked eye, the caterpillar appeared gray with black splotches.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
• Four craters are surrounded with shards of glass, flip-flops, and splotches of fresh blood.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Worse, the dreaded white splotch greatly increased in size as well.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2022
• The tlacoyos (not to be confused with tlayuda) are a blur of dark splotches with white specks.
  — Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2017
• Tasty, red klobasy sizzle on a grill next to the main entrance, and are sold with a splotch of brown mustard on a plate and a slice of rye bread.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• When everyone got off in Denver, a noticeable splotch along the tail, the site of the strike, had been stripped of its paint.
  — Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• Silver Satin: With a unique look for a pothos, the dark green leaves of this plant are speckled with silver splotches.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023
• Ken did the same, marking each lapse with a black splotch of permanent marker.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• When seen from above, the melting sea ice looked like a field of white mottled with dark splotches where the ice had turned to liquid.
  — Meredith Fore, WIRED, 5 July 2019
• Dried splotches of bright colors — pink, orange and neon blue — stained the pavement.
  — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2017
• The place was a mess: eggshells everywhere, the counter covered in splotches of sticky batter, bags of flour spilled onto the floor.
  — Ruth Reichl, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2014
• As Alaskans are probably well aware, and as the deep blue splotch in the map at the top of the post shows, the state was particularly cold last month.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
• Certainly no one was on the lookout for a meat allergy caused by a tick with a white splotch on its back the shape of Texas.
  — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 2 May 2018
• Matt Chapman sat on the couch, still wearing his uniform with a splotch of dirt on his left pant leg, and stared into space.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• Following the line of a pointing finger, the friend peers at a dark splotch on a ledge far below and a bit to the left, off the winding path and down through the steep rocks.
  — Amy Ragsdale, Outside Online, 18 June 2019
• My nose was Rudolph-crimson, my eyes puffy, and a splotch of scarlet bloomed in the middle of each cheek, like on a Russian nesting doll.
  — Nadia Berenstein, SELF, 19 Dec. 2018
• Deer print nails give classic polka dots a more rustic, fanciful feel as the precise dots are replaced with freehand splotches.
  — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 28 Jan. 2026
• To the north, a dark-blue splotch around the Great Lakes—extreme-cold warning.
  — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
• Those orange splotches on the canister surface?
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
• Pasty, light-brown skin spotted with splotches of darker brown.
  — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025

splotch

2 of 2 verb

• But there is no need to splotch your eclipse safety glasses with tears.
  — Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• Her client's blonde hair was splotched with green, orange, and purple.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 31 Oct. 2017
• On a May visit to the Falls Church, Virginia, store, the floors in the refrigerator aisles were splotched with brown stains.
  — Sarah Halzack, miamiherald, 25 June 2017
• My dress had a pristine white top with an attached skirt in dove grey, splotched with tropical-style petal pink flowers.
  — Amanda Uhle august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
• The sun rose above the trees and splotched the swamp floor with patch es of golden light.
  — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025