How to Use speck in a Sentence

speck

noun
  • Soon the balloon was only a speck in the sky.
  • There was not a speck of dust anywhere.
  • She writes without a speck of humor.
  • Pure black or white floors show every speck of dust.
    — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Tiny beads of blood had seeped out and dried into tiny specks.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • There’s some mozz in there, a few specks of chicken, and chile who?
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2023
  • His slight frame was but a speck in the vastness, the dogs at his feet.
    — Miriam Jordan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Is that oblong speck an egg sac or a flake of dandruff?
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Within it, there's not a speck of greenery in sight.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • There comes a time when a speck of truth-telling is demanded.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Even a tiny speck of remaining foil can cause a spark that leads to a fire.
    — Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
  • Every outfit looks twice as good when there isn't a speck of lint in sight.
    — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Her couch was soaked in blood, and specks of blood dotted the apartment's linoleum floor.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Each crystal just needs a starting point, such as a grain of pollen or a speck of beeswax.
    — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The polar bear was just a faraway speck in a frozen white expanse.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Flash frames, scratches and specks of dust pop up randomly on the screen.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Speck by speck, the face of each man emerged, almost lifesize on the canvas.
    — Maggie Donahue, Longreads, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Black specks covered every surface-—midges that had flown in before the war and died.
    — Vadim Smyslov, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
  • There were also no visible specks of spices.
    — Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Toothpaste specks needs to be removed from mirrors.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Without trees, my sense of distance crumples, and soon, the rental car has shrunk to a blue speck.
    — Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
  • To remove insect specks, use an art gum eraser to gently rub away the spots.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Even a speck of dust can ruin the painstaking process for producing the chips.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • An app icon is, of course, a tiny speck in the complicated landscapes of our lives.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Every splash of rain, speck of dust, or pinprick of light could mar the negative.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The specks blazed with light and shot away from the sun, accelerating.
    — Karl Schroeder, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Also, the deer tick is quite tiny, a mere speck, and easily overlooked.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2023
  • This looks like tiny black or reddish-brown specks that resemble coffee grounds.
    — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026
  • The next, a buff-colored speck soared over the northern tree line and everything changed.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Even the smallest speck—a one-thousandth of a gram, hidden to the human eye—could kill.
    — Time, 24 July 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'speck.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: