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: a spot or mark (as of color or ink) especially when large or irregular
Examples of blotch in a Sentence
Verb
blotched the bedroom walls with various shades of blue to give them a textured effect
my pen leaked and blotched my shirt pocket
Noun
blotches on the tree's leaves
a dog with a single small blotch of black
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Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Still, in the contents of this collection, some blotched with stray fingerprints or grease splatters, O’Keeffe left traces of her daily effort to maintain Abiquiu as a sanctuary.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
The resulting arrangement made the cheese clumps stand out as dark blotches in the photographs taken with an iPhone mounted on a tripod.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Verb
His guests, their faces blotched from exertion, stare upward in dismay.
—Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Still, in the contents of this collection, some blotched with stray fingerprints or grease splatters, O’Keeffe left traces of her daily effort to maintain Abiquiu as a sanctuary.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
Noun
Brighter yellow and golden blotches run along its forehead, sides and lower back.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
The resulting arrangement made the cheese clumps stand out as dark blotches in the photographs taken with an iPhone mounted on a tripod.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Blotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blotch. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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