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verb

past tense of speckle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of speckled
Adjective
This golden bouquet, which comes in a speckled brown ceramic pot, adds moody vibes and a pop of fall-friendly color, to the countertops, table, or coffee table. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025 On the platform, around the clock, the racket of metal bore pipes and machinery, the drilling grime and the speckled mud mingled with the quieter, cleaner work of scientists in trailers converted to pristine labs and processing posts. Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025 Inside were speckled field peas and heirloom butterbeans, both products of a lifetime of growing and saving seeds within his community. Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025 The forewings have black spots at the front, with a speckled band at the rear. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 These unique squirrels have a speckled brownish gray coat with shorter tails that are not as bushy as the more common fox squirrels. Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025 Five Little Speckled Frogs Kids can have a ton of fun learning how to count with this video, which features five speckled frogs sitting on a log. Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 5 Aug. 2025 The shoes also come in biscotti brown suede and a brown speckled print suede, which is another major footwear trend for the fall and winter this year. Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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 But the decadent versions that Southerners love today, speckled with ingredients like pecans, coconut, pineapple, and spices, really took off after World War II. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speckled
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
Adjective
  • While diamonds account for the lion’s share of the Terre d’Instinct collection, Messika has also used colored stones for the first time.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For a dose of history and architecture, head straight to the capital, Marigot, for a photo op on Rue de La République in front of the pastel-colored 18th-century colonial buildings.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 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
  • The Illinois skies are mottled.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 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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“Speckled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speckled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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