How to Use black spot in a Sentence

black spot

noun
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  • Common rose diseases like black spot and powdery mildew can reduce flowering.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 July 2024
  • The forewings are light brown, with black spots at the front.
    — Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
  • The hind wings are red, with black spots at the front and black bars at the rear.
    — Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
  • The key is to get one that is green but with dark black spots.
    — Jasper J. Mirabile Jr., kansascity, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The plants are all now 2-3 feet tall and covered in black spot.
    — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty much all of them have black spot and most of the leaves have dropped.
    — oregonlive, 2 July 2022
  • Look for small black spots that are spores on the undersides of the leaves.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Pure wolves have straighter tails that have a black spot (which marks a scent gland) on them.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Pickles is a gray pig with black spots, about a foot long.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
  • Cornelius, age 1, is all white with a black spot on his back.
    — Noelle Mateer, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Golani is an all-white dog with a black spot near his left ear, and is over 3-feet in height.
    — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 2 June 2021
  • Botrytis spores can start on the blooms, and black spot and downy mildew spores can start on the leaves and move on to invade the canes.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Some may get ulcers , blisters, or black spots on the skin.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 11 May 2018
  • The larvae are green and yellow with white, yellow, and black stripes and black spots.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 May 2024
  • The little birds have reddish-brown backs and tails, blue-gray heads (in the case of the males) and pale bellies with black spots.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Look under the leaves for any dusty gray-purple fuzzy growth or black spots.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • As a result, Payne saw a black spot — shaped like the crescent of the eclipse — in the center of her vision for the next two days.
    — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 8 Dec. 2017
  • No dog is on the leash in the picture, but police said the pug-type dog is light-colored with black spots.
    — Eduardo Medina, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2019
  • And the fact that Zhang was in-charge during the debacle marked a black spot on his tenure, too.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 20 June 2023
  • The round goby is a small, soft-bodied fish with a black spot on its dorsal fin.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Their forewings are light brown with black spots, and their hindwings are mainly red with black spots.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Eye floaters are tiny specks in your field of vision that may look like black spots or squiggly lines.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The flying frogs have stripes on their back legs, and some of them have small black spots or larger splotches.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
  • Our hydrangeas have bloomed well, but their leaves are covered with black spots.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • This makes black spot less virulent in the dry summer months.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The front wing is gray with black spots and the wings tips are reticulated black blocks outlined in gray.
    — Beth Burger, Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati.com, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Some people get ulcers, blisters or black spots on the skin.
    — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • To create some adorable black spots, head to your local craft store or Amazon.
    — Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 28 June 2023
  • Buffon will hope to fight against time and the salao and the wounds and the deep wrinkles in his neck and back and the deep creased scars of defeat and the cramp and the black spots before his eyes.
    — SI.com, 26 June 2019
  • In places the yellow hue is magnified by ugly brown and black spots.
    — Huizhong Wu, CNN, 2 May 2018

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