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verb

past tense of speck

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for specked
Adjective
  • Examples include dotted prints, the flat-thong sandal and the color yellow.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • However, satellite and supporting video filmed from a high rise on Al Rashid, a major road that runs through Gaza, shows tent camps remain dotted along the coastal road south of Gaza's port.
    Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These pastries are made from laminated dough, rolled thin, sprinkled with sugar and baked until crisp, golden and flaky.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In 1903 and from 1905 through 1968, baseball’s World Series matched two pennant winners; teams went directly from winning the AL or NL to the championship best-of-seven (with a few best-of-nines sprinkled in).
    Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Behind Timm was her unassuming garden, flecked with tall grasses and native plants of all sizes – a quiet haven alive with color, movement and purpose.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Éclairs with glossy chocolate tops, macarons in muted pastels that feel like edible architecture, madeleines flecked with salt or spice.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • If a toilet seat is stained, go ahead and buy a replacement.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In his third season in Boulder, coach Deion Sanders continues to lament an issue that ruined his first season and stained his second.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gerwig, 42, returned to Venice in a black dress with a sheer black overlay speckled with glittering flowers.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That’s because very ripe bananas—which are speckled with brown spots or even completely brown—are naturally sweeter than their green or yellow counterparts.
    Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • You've been spotted walking a mystery dog in Florida.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • See all the celebrities spotted out and about below.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Specked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specked. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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