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blotch, dapple, dot, fleck, marble, mottle, pepper, shoot, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stipple
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a pale, redheaded girl with freckles across her cheeksVerb
His skin freckles but doesn't tan. Tiny black spots freckled the walls.
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The lanky frame and coarse hair, the cluster of freckles over the long, humped nose. — J. Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, "The Loop," 19 Aug. 2019 Associate digital beauty director Sarah Kinonen had several off-center wrist freckles hiding under her Apple watch. — Marci Robin, Allure, "The Viral “Wrist Freckle Challenge” Aims to Prove Everyone Has Matching Moles on Their Arms," 30 May 2019 In humans, erythrism may be responsible, at least in part, for red hair and freckles, according to the Huffington Post. — Fox News, "Pink grasshopper, unusual and 'extremely rare,' spotted in UK garden," 13 Aug. 2019 Tall, slender and white with reddish hair and freckles, Connor is in his late 20s, single and with no children of his own. — Leila Atassi, cleveland.com, "Princeton Korper gets a new ‘Big Brother’ after the first one let him down: A Greater Cleveland," 8 July 2019 Back in August, Perrie had shared an Instagram selfie that showcased her freckles and touched on her previous skin insecurities. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Perrie Edwards Was Teased for Having Freckles," 19 Oct. 2018 The computer had concluded that this killer would most likely have some freckles, brown hair, and light blue eyes. — CBS News, "Podcast spotlights Mississippi double murder – can new DNA technology solve the cold case?," 29 June 2019 Many never even noticed their freckle before the meme went viral. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "The Internet is Freaking Out Because All of These Women Have a Freckle in the EXACT Same Spot," 30 May 2019 But Meghan rightfully stuck to her comfort zone for the wedding, settling on smoky eyeshadow, sheer-pink lips, dewy skin, and, of course, letting her signature freckles shine through. — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, "Prince Harry Thanked Meghan Markle's Wedding Makeup Artist for Making Her Look Like Herself," 8 Aug. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
African Americans who are fair skinned and freckled. — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, "Ask Amy: Co-worker ponders being terrible about race," 24 July 2019 African Americans who are fair skinned and freckled. — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, "Ask Amy: Co-worker ponders questioning baby’s parentage," 24 July 2019 Wispy brows and freckled cheeks tied everything together. — Akili King, Vogue, "The Best Beauty Instagrams of the Week: Selena Gomez, Emily Ratajkowski, and More," 19 May 2019 That curiosity — along with a sense of needfulness, despair and eventual homicidal rage — plays out across Chucky’s freckled face, brought to life by award-winning character FX studio MastersFX. — Jen Yamato, latimes.com, "How the ‘Child’s Play’ remake redesigned Chucky, a smart doll with a killer glitch," 21 June 2019 The top racers are tanned and freckled from time spent running outside, with muscular arms and uneven tan lines. — Pia Peterson, New York Times, "Road Race of the Superwomen," 5 July 2018 Today Frances is a slender, lightly freckled 12-year-old with her dad's warm brown eyes. — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, "Autism—It's Different in Girls," 1 Mar. 2016 The sugar cookie dough is freckled with colorful sprinkles. — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, "A new summer treat: Cookie dough that’s safe to eat," 2 July 2018 This is big news about the most interesting part of Meghan Markle's wedding day beauty routine: the barely there foundation that inspired tweets and freckle envy around the world. — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, "Meghan Markle’s Wedding Foundation Is Exactly as Good as It Looked," 15 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'freckle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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