Explore Speck through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pinpoint or stuff. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Speck in a sentence
Related words
Speck meaning
- A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
- A very small amount; a particle; a whit.
- A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
Synonyms of Speck
Using Speck
- The main meaning on this page is: A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt. | A very small amount; a particle; a whit. | A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
- Useful related words include: pinpoint, stuff, material, mote.
- In the example corpus, speck often appears in combinations such as: speck of, speck in, tiny speck.
Context around Speck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Speck
- In this selection, "speck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tiny, richard, blue and makes stand out and add context to how "speck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a single speck and a tiny speck. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "speck" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with speck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I never saw a speck of ice. (7 words)
At least Tim has a speck of self-awareness. (9 words)
Even the giant planet Jupiter is but a tiny speck. (10 words)
A year ago, Bryson Barnes, a freshman walk-on who grew up on a pig farm in speck-on-a-map Milford, Utah, threw a game-tying touchdown pass for the Utes, only to have his moment dampened when Ohio State answered with a game-winning field goal. (48 words)
On the other side is your (emperor) Narendra Modi ji who lives in castles, not a speck of dirt on his clothes, not a strand of hair out of place – how will he ever understand the problems of your wages, farming distress. (42 words)
Although we're still soaking up the heat of summer, back-to-school savings are kicking in. Speck makes some of our favorite phone, laptop and tablet cases and accessories, and right now they are offering 20% off its entire site. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Getty did say that a chromosomal test was performed on Speck, before Speck's trial, by a geneticist from outside the Chicago area.
On reading newspaper accounts of Richard Speck, who murdered eight Chicago student nurses in 1966, we noted all these traits and therefore concluded that Speck was a likely candidate for the XYY disorder.
And how much vitality and wonder and excitement is located on this little blue speck.
And then there are those that make you feel like the tiniest speck in the cosmos, a sentient but tentative being whose learning has just begun.
At least Tim has a speck of self-awareness.
A year ago, Bryson Barnes, a freshman walk-on who grew up on a pig farm in speck-on-a-map Milford, Utah, threw a game-tying touchdown pass for the Utes, only to have his moment dampened when Ohio State answered with a game-winning field goal.
Before going after the speck in our neighbor’s eye, in other words, it might be well to remove the beam from our own.
Including in London where I filmed him for something else with his bicycle, my friend hoovers up every speck of information he can find on the red carpet of his life.
I never saw a speck of ice.
Speck only makes one case for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 and it's a good one.
The abandoned community of Lützerath in western Germany is nothing more than a tiny speck on the world map, but it can now call Greta Thunberg an honorary guest.
The basic version is flavored with speck but they also come in bright pink, with the addition of beetroot, or green containing spinach.
Although we're still soaking up the heat of summer, back-to-school savings are kicking in. Speck makes some of our favorite phone, laptop and tablet cases and accessories, and right now they are offering 20% off its entire site.
But the Buffaloes chipped away like an 1800s miner spending hours upon hours in the hot sun waiting for a speck of gold to appear.
Even the giant planet Jupiter is but a tiny speck.
Fourth, the small, limited speck of power, balanced between the two governing spheres (federal and state), is further divided among three coordinated branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
However, one speck of dirt is all you need to ruin the look.
It converts to a hand vac for quick cleanups and includes attachments to ensure you don't miss a single speck.
On the other side is your (emperor) Narendra Modi ji who lives in castles, not a speck of dirt on his clothes, not a strand of hair out of place – how will he ever understand the problems of your wages, farming distress.
Speck has been a trusted name for phone protection for many years, and the Presidio2 Grip MagSafe case is one of the best you can get right now.
Common combinations with speck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- speck of 17×
- speck in 9×
- tiny speck 5×
- the speck 4×
- speck was 3×
- speck on 3×
- on speck 2×
- speck who 2×
- has speck 2×
- not speck 2×