flecked; flecking; flecks
2
: to color as if by sprinkling with flecks
his wit is flecked with sarcasm—
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Examples of fleck in a Sentence
Verb
She flecked the canvas with blue paint.
to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface
Noun
a brown cloth with flecks of yellow
The police found flecks of blood on his clothes.
Recent Examples on the WebStephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Her debut memoir is steeped in humidity and flecked with beads of sweat, pricked by mosquitoes, and slathered with candy-scented body lotion.
—Kristen Arnett, TIME, 4 June 2024
Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 26 June 2024
The glistening melody, the insinuating bass line that adheres to the soaring chorus, the flecks of soul in the DNA of the song all mesh to form a bop that feels like love.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
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Verb
The crust gets brushed with olive oil and flecked with sea salt before it’s all fired in an oven fueled by almond wood.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Her debut memoir is steeped in humidity and flecked with beads of sweat, pricked by mosquitoes, and slathered with candy-scented body lotion.
—Kristen Arnett, TIME, 4 June 2024
Noun
The wrong towel will leave your skin itchy, raw, and potentially covered in flecks of lint.
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 26 June 2024
The glistening melody, the insinuating bass line that adheres to the soaring chorus, the flecks of soul in the DNA of the song all mesh to form a bop that feels like love.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
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“Fleck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fleck. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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