I see trees specked and burnt in the autumn sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
Flower after flower is specked on the depths of green. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
Now he inspected the sentries under a star-specked sky. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Valiant]
"I specked you was clean gone and left me," she laughed. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
Where it wasn't green, it was specked white gold with blossom. From Wordnik.com. [What I cooked last night.] Reference
He turns a specked one over many times before he leaves it out. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
"I doubt it," said the blood-specked axbeak in perfect English. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
The tenement hallway was lit by a fly-specked fifteen-watt bulb. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
There are two young birds and one little specked egg, just pipped. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
PB chips in: “Weer owtnumbad, ai egg-spekt bai specked taters”. From Wordnik.com. [Video: Chicken Cares for Kittehs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
The diamond-specked pupils of his eyes glittered in the strange light. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
It was sun-specked, from exposure to high places and heat, and hard work. From Wordnik.com. [Tears Of The Giraffe]
Jacqueline stared at the television screens with their yellow-specked maps. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Lilac kecks specked with white globs of summat and a pleated cleanish shirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall] Reference
He threw back his head and bellowed his laughter at the fly-specked ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
It is the same with stale fish, specked or soured fruit, withered vegetables. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
At dinner — green-specked broth and more Jell-O — he asked the nurse for a TV. From Wordnik.com. [April 1, 2013] Reference
Then a despatch rider came dashing up, his splendid black entire specked with foam. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
On the left hand, a bright blue sky washed over the page, specked with a single bird. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
There were nine fly-specked light globes that sent down thin, sad light on rainy days. From Wordnik.com. [Blaze]
This was more than words from a toothless mouth given over fly-specked heads of lettuce. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Then the goods had been dusty and fly-specked, and the interior of the store dark and musty. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
Its planes, he regretted, seemed merely sheets of rain, specked foolishly with pine-needles. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
Since no one can comfort The Genius, he just stares out the rain-specked window in his study. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Goodman probably knows she is lying, but wants to stick with her spittle specked rant, anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Globe Column: A Perfect Example of Lies About Rush - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState] Reference
In all seriousness though, the amount of money you spend on a Mac can get you a better specked PC. From Wordnik.com. [Fantasising] Reference
They live largely in damp places and bottoms at night are specked with their tiny flashes of light. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
The sun, straining through the great, heavy-leafed boughs, specked it with blots and blotches of gold. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool There Was] Reference
They stood at the edge of a lovely valley whose Mower-specked expanse led down to a small meandering stream. From Wordnik.com. [Phaze Doubt]
When I put the bowl on the floor, open side down so that its star-specked dome was revealed, Eet squatted by it. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
And McCain didn't want to give an answer that was going to be fly specked (ph) to death, so he referred it to staff. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference
The moon was up, stars shone brightly in the serene sky, and not a sail specked the unruffled surface of the Tappan Zee. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
A table heaped with stale newspapers, a stand piled with sewing, a darned carpet, scratched furniture and fly-specked wall-paper. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
At a long table in the fly-specked hotel dining room we ate flapjacks and fried potatoes and drank strong coffee in big heavy cups. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
His monocle was fly-specked, his ascot was steaksauced, his dentures thought that they were castanets and the world was a fandango. From Wordnik.com. [Even Cowgirls Get The Blues]
The stubble-specked lather spatters the floor of the basin in which Rasmus stands, and is carried to the drain by a trickle of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Bird] Reference
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