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Meanings of speckling in English

Embroidery stitch.

Usage of speckling in English
1
He coughed again, speckling the white sink with red and green blobs.
Something in the water
2
A concealed speaker clicked on, a muffled hiss speckling the silence.
Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
3
Already they could see drops of water speckling the glass.
Mutated
4
The egg was almost the size of a football, cream-colored with faint pink speckling.
Jurassic Park
5
The silvery water had a curious speckling of white dots.
The Reality Dysfunction
6
Blood sprayed from her nose and lips, speckling the bedspread.
The witch of agnesi
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A spray of blood shot out of the Old Man's nose, speckling his throat.
Breeder
8
In seconds it was indistinguishable from the thousands of other flyers speckling the night sky.
Altered carbon
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Globs of tissue flew off in every direction, speckling me with hot matter and blood.
Complete Books of Blood
10
They started little fires wherever they fell, speckling the cut with yellow tongues of flame.
Death angel
11
Blood was everywhere, speckling the ceiling and walls and mottling objects stacked against the baseboards.
Deadly Décisions
12
The crisscross of the canopy works to my advantage, speckling the whole area with shifting shadows.
Angelfall
13
Holly switched off her shield, speckling into view.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
14
She was shocked to discover a speckling of brown spots on the back of her hand.
The Magician
15
The little orange dots, speckling the paper.
"Undo": A Novel
16
As he stared at the little dots speckling his work, an awfully funny thought entered his mind.
"Undo": A Novel
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