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How to use fleck in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Fleck means a flake. Example: “The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.”

Examples of fleck by meaning

nounA lock, as of wool.

  • A single fleck of wool from his sock got caught on a splintery floorboard and that was enough to convict him.2015, Graham Masterson, Eye for an Eye: A Katie Maguire Short Story

nounA small amount.

  • a fleck of hope
  • a fleck of imagination

verbTo mark (something) with small spots.

  • It was a perfect June day, with only a few light clouds flecking a pure blue sky.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 241
  • The Names of the Moons of Mars is a frequently somber book, flecked through with optimism and humor.1989 December 17, Nan Donald, “Broken Hearts, Messed Up Families, And New Beginnings”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 9

More sentences with fleck

  • The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.From the entry noil
  • Flecks of spring green – the kind generated from radioactive waste – coat the unwieldy triangles.2022 April 20, Mariella Rudi, “Tostitos Hint of Lime has zero lime – but it’s still the perfect chip”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry kaleidoscope
  • Fleck wrote in his own style, features the Malian ngoni players Bassekou Kouyate and Haruna Samake.2009 March 2, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times. From the entry lyrist
  • A few stray flecks of purged matter found their way to Ian's T-shirt.2009, Andy Behrens, Sex Drive, New York, N.Y.: Speak, →ISBN, page 112. From the entry zook
  • And yet there were flecks of shaving foam and facial hair in the sink.1988 July, Cathy Gillen Thacker, chapter 14, in Fatal Amusement (Harlequin Intrigue), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 211. From the entry facial hair
  • The flecks have joined forces to form brown blotches all over the fruit.1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11. From the entry join forces
  • They were all colors, pink with brown flecks, purple, orange.2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 104. From the entry jelly bean
  • Duochrome flecks sparkled yellow on the plane's dark seats.2019, Dahlia Adler, His Hideous Heart. From the entry duochrome
  • There’s only what I’m graffing—the swirls and orbs and flecks and tags, the pictures I’m making for Stefan.2014, Beth Kephart, “SO36”, in Going Over, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry graff
  • It was earliest morning, when even small trees cast long shadows and scarlet foxes trot denward through the dew like flecks of fire.1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXVIII, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 164. From the entry fox
  • The first is the banana with a touch of green; the second is light yellow; and the third is yellow with dark-brown flecks on it.1984 July 8, Malcolm R. Hebert, “Getting Serious About Bananas”, in Sunshine, page 20. From the entry bananaphile
  • A gene complex characterized by genes for green buds, nonpunctuate leaves, white nerves, broad leaves, and red flecks on the rosette leaves (see Velans).1962, W[illard] Ralph Singleton, “Glossary”, in Elementary Genetics, Princeton, N.J.: D[avid] Van Nostrand Company, →OCLC, page 456. From the entry nonpunctuate
  • A lint-and-gauze dressing stained with dark yellow antiseptic had replaced the previous day's helmet of bandages, and a fleck of shaving soap lay untowelled beneath one ear.1996, Luke Jennings, Atlantic, page 220. From the entry untowelled

Meaning of fleck

  1. noun A flake.
  2. noun A lock, as of wool.
  3. noun A small spot or streak; a speckle.

Full definition of fleck

Questions about fleck in a sentence

How do you use fleck in a sentence?
Fleck is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.”
What is a short sentence with fleck?
“a fleck of hope”
What does fleck mean?
Fleck means a flake.

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