How to Use blotch in a Sentence

blotch

noun

• Pale to brown blotches on leaves are the work of squash bugs.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2017
• The base of its tail has a small bright orange blotch, a photo shows.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• Roach stepped out of the second round of combat with a big, blueish blotch on the bill of her helmet.
  — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 19 Sep. 2017
• Sooty blotch looks like a brown or black blotch on the fruit; sooty blotch, unlike flyspeck, will wipe off the fruit.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2022
• In another, a group of men stands out against the dark blotches of tents and brush at a camp in Idomeni, Greece.
  — Max Campbell, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2017
• Last night, the only blotch on his record was a leadoff bunt single in the 1st inning.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 June 2022
• In his works on paper from the early two-thousands, color seems to start over with each stroke, scratch, or blotch.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
• And precious Napa Valley grapes now contend with the grapevine red blotch virus.
  — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2021
• At night, bright blotches of light visible through the station’s windows mark the world’s great cities.
  — NBC News, 16 Jan. 2018
• Flanks -- who drove a new blue car and did not have a white blotch on his face -- was arrested shortly after.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
• This fungal disease known as red spot or red blotch will get into the bulb itself.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• Splotchy, black-specked leaves are likely sign of Guignardia leaf blotch.
  — Jim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• And in each case, the only integument known from these dinosaurs were blotches of scaly skin from areas of the neck, hips, and tail.
  — Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 14 June 2017
• The steel hood over the fireplace is stained with blotches of plaster and red paint to create an abstract artwork.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2023
• There is a good chance that your tree has Guignardia leaf blotch, which gives the appearance of a tree with leaf scorch from a distance.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2020
• The leaves can be up to five feet across and the stem, which contains a toxic sap, is hollow and rigid, and has purple blotches and coarse white hairs near its base.
  — Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
• Blue areas lie well below sea level; red blotch to just to the right of the middle of the continent marks the Gamburtsev range.
  — Discover Magazine, 18 July 2011
• Its hairless stalks are light green with red to purplish blotches on the stalk or trunk, with graceful, carrot-like leaves.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 1 June 2018
• Look for a nearby blotch of green space or set off in search of a sunset or a playground full of happy memories.
  — New York Times, 5 July 2021
• The smaller body off to the right of the image—little more than a sooty-looking blotch in the 1845 sketch—is a dwarf galaxy that is slowly being reeled in by the larger mass.
  — TIME.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Now the majority of her body is covered with white blotches.
  — Melanie Dadourian, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
• Beckham, the team’s co-owner and president, had huge dark blotches on his blue blazer because of the rain.
  — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
• Identifiers of pygmy rattlesnakes are blotches on both their back and sides and a possible reddish-brown stripe down the spine.
  — Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 25 Apr. 2023
• The new range of dolls includes one with vitiligo, a condition that causes the loss of skin pigment in blotches.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2020
• As its name suggests, the species’ skin is bright blue and covered in a smattering of black blotches that are unique to the individual.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
• Odd blotches beneath its eyes pulsate over the serpent’s seeming smile.
  — National Geographic, 16 Dec. 2016
• Several snakes have a blueish gray coloring with brown band-like blotches.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• Vitiligo is a disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 20 Oct. 2017
• To say the least, my skin looked radiant and bright from the exfoliating mask, and not a blotch of redness or irritation was in sight.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 19 Apr. 2022
• Four losses in four playoff appearances will always be a blotch on Dalton’s record here.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 28 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024