specked

IPA: spˈɛkt

Examples of "specked" in Sentences

A fly-specked shaft of sunlight crossed the room, slipping through the shutters to splash onto the red tiles of the floor.
The thick purple carpet contrasted with gray, burgundy, and violet paints that specked the walls of the penthouse interior.
Shortly after the bridge, the road began to descend steeply while the lake continued on to the south, specked with houseboats and lake homes.
A few fishing vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices, as the fishermen called to one another.
The half-mile long beach of Los Ayala is a palm fringed cove, perfect for swimming with soft, silky gold specked sand, a gradually sloping shoreline and crystal clear waters.
Fluttering melodic figures, submerged in whole-tone scales and rippling intervals, escaped into the air only to evaporate into a limpid, Wagnerian fog, specked by floating dissonances.
The ginned cotton is carried to the platforms, where it is "specked" by the women -- leaves, dirt and other impurities being picked out by hand -- and spread out to dry and bleach in the sun; thence we follow it to the "moting-room," where it is thoroughly and finally overhauled, every minute particle of dirt or other foreign matter and every flock of stained and discolored cotton being picked out.