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How to use freckle in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Freckle means a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin. Example: “Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.”

Examples of freckle by meaning

nounA small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

  • Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
  • Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171

More sentences with freckle

  • Having red hair and freckles is a characteristic that is peculiarly Northern European.From the entry peculiarly
  • Whatever you love about your freckles, they make you unique and beautiful.2016, Lindsay Bowman, To The Girls With Dirt On Their Faces. From the entry dirt
  • He has pale hair and freckles, the Ron Weasley of local policing.2016, Susie Steiner, Missing, Presumed, Random House Publishing Group. From the entry Ron Weasley
  • I bussed it to The New Fruiton Times building and arrived at a hair past a freckle.2006, Jeff House, Writing Is Dialogue, Norwood: Christopher-Gordon, →ISBN, page 178. From the entry a hair past a freckle
  • One day a tiny insect, no bigger than a freckle, climbs into Miss Calypso's classroom.2001, Miriam Moss, Scritch Scratch, →ISBN. From the entry scritch
  • You know, a touch of character – slightly retroussé nose, big mouth, perhaps a couple of freckles.1967, Michael Gilbert, “Part Two: Tendresse v. Lucille”, in The Dust and the Heat, London: Hodder & Stoughton; republished Looe, Cornwall…. From the entry retroussé
  • Poor Ruby Robert, freckles and all, will pull a few sour strings on his harp in St.1931 December 30, “Jack O’Brien, Before, Since Culture Attack”, in Akron Beacon Journal, number 21, Akron, Oh., page nineteen, column 7. From the entry betuxed
  • I can see that it's half a hair past a freckle." This makes me laugh, so we do it every time.2016, Craig Lancaster, Edward Unspooled, Billings: Missouri Breaks Press, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry a hair past a freckle
  • There, as she praised my beautiful skin tone and “cute little freckles,” I flashed back to the probing mallgoer.2014, Carol Rambo Ronai, Barbara A. Zsembik, Joe R. Feagin, Everyday Sexism in the Third Millennium, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry mallgoer
  • Her neck was strangely long and swannish, and her skin dense with freckles that blurred the edges of her lips.2011, Amity Gaige, The Folded World. From the entry swannish
  • Her complexion was pale, except for the apple-red of her cheeks and a spritz of freckles dotting her pug nose.2003, Jerilyn A. DePete, chapter 7, in Thin Air, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry apple-red
  • Their exquisitely moulded faces were the colour of wheatmeal porridge slightly browned, with numerous freckles as the bran.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 209. From the entry wheatmeal
  • The freckle on her eye starfished out and the sun began to move over her face like it does below the surface of water.2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 95. From the entry starfish
  • The child -God Bless the Mark- had freckles that splotched her face as though God had applied them too hurriedly with a blunt brush.2005, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland, page 244. From the entry dirt
  • Wide, placid face with pale cornflakey freckles, mild blue eyes, heavy white arms and legs, partial to short skirts and tight sweaters.1980, W[illiam] P[atrick] Kinsella, Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa, [Ottawa, Ont.]: Oberon Press, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry cornflakey
  • And to-morrow you shall take me out as early as you like and tramp me and freckle me and dustify me to your heart's content.1924, John Eyton, Expectancy, page 254. From the entry dustify
  • Soft girl makeup, as the name suggests is a pastel, sweet style that focuses on accentuating natural features with a signature element being blush and faux freckles.2022 November, Vaishnavi Maloth, “Popular Makeup Aesthetics to Follow”, in Tulip, volume 13, number 5, page 66. From the entry accentuate
  • She had coral-orange hair, beryl-blue eyes, arched brows, freckles, a coy smile, a psychedelic labcoat and she was, he suddenly realized, his best friend of over twenty years.2022 September 24, HarryBlank, “Transition”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024. From the entry psychedelic

Meaning of freckle

  1. noun A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
  2. noun Any small spot which has a different colour from its background.
  3. noun A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.

Full definition of freckle

Questions about freckle in a sentence

How do you use freckle in a sentence?
Freckle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.”
What is a short sentence with freckle?
“He has pale hair and freckles, the Ron Weasley of local policing.”
What does freckle mean?
Freckle means a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

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