How to Use freckle in a Sentence

freckle

1 of 2 noun
  • It’s about the size of a freckle and the color of my skin.
    Paige Bennett, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The lanky frame and coarse hair, the cluster of freckles over the long, humped nose.
    J. Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The horse's name is Pecas—the Spanish word for freckles.
    Zach Baron, GQ, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Start with this lip tint and freckle duo to find your new favs.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 12 July 2023
  • Granted, there's that slight chance the freckles were drawn in, but still!
    Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, 5 June 2018
  • Despite her light skin and freckles, Peg loved the beach.
    Hartford Courant, courant.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • My face is puffy, pale, with freckles standing out like the heads of pins.
    Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
  • In the pic, her freckles are clearly showing and her skin looks so fresh and clear.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Dab, pat with your finger to blend and spread the love for some extra faux freckles.
    Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The fold-out spread, of a freckle-faced boy whose words evade him, is breathtaking.
    Augusta Scattergood, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The right amount of freckles, and the right color beads allowed the look to be bright and fun without being too much.
    Shalwah Evans, Essence, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The salesgirls would push whitening products on me and try to fade my freckles.
    Daria Kobayashi Ritch, Allure, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The next step is to shape the eyebrows and draw a few freckles onto the bridge of the nose before moving on to lip liner.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
  • His belly spread and aching knees stood in sharp relief against her girl-freckles and bangs.
    Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2017
  • Her freckles are clearly showing and her skin looks so fresh and clear.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Vest and her team pay attention to the detail — anything from a freckle to a fine line.
    Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Tyla joined in on the trend with nose freckles and shortcake-colored blush.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Sam switches on a light, picks me over, stopping at each freckle.
    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
  • The cartoon portrays a young freckle-faced girl reaching out to hold Feis's hand.
    Author: Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The cartoon portrays a young freckle-faced girl reaching out to hold Feis’s hand.
    Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Ray’s killer was predicted to have brown or dark brown skin with no freckles, brown or black eyes and black hair.
    Deanna Boyd, star-telegram, 2 July 2018
  • At 5-foot-3, Jaime had brown eyes, summertime freckles and medals from the balance beam.
    Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Some, like Workman, are marked by sprays of odd-looking freckles.
    Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • They were covered with tiny freckle-size dots of blood trapped under the skin at the hair follicles.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Each single freckle takes about four or five pokes to create.
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 25 May 2022
  • And the announced crowd of 2,574 did feature more Eamons and Sheilas and red hair and freckles than are the norm for a local sporting event.
    Dan McGrath, chicagotribune.com, 29 May 2017
  • People on Twitter were quick to jump in and praise the singer for her fresh look, including the reveal of her freckles.
    refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The actress appears in the pics without a stitch of makeup, showing off her freckles and rosy pout.
    Neha Prakash, Allure, 28 Oct. 2019
  • If Munn's photo is any indication, the Met Gala is the best place for freckle glam.
    Carly Breit, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Bright red hair, freckles and British accent, born in place nobody had every heard of.
    Time Staff, Time, 22 May 2017
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freckle

2 of 2 verb
  • Tiny black spots freckled the walls.
  • His skin freckles but doesn't tan.
  • The custard will get lightly freckled and the streusel will toast.
    Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The 31-year-old surfer is tanned and freckled, his hair gelled back to give that permanent ocean-wet vibe.
    Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • There were the three of us, a family tree in an ombré of mocha next to the caramel complexion of my mom and light-skinned, freckled me.
    Marissa G. Muller, Allure, 11 Dec. 2017
  • What if the whiteness of my new teeth doesn’t match the rest of my face— freckled, uneven, and often makeup-free?
    Lena Dunham, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Ross's fresh face was freckled and glowing and her lips were vibrant in a matte rouge.
    Kate Branch, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Trying to preserve a rugged country In the San Bernardino Valley, when night falls, the earth is swallowed up, and the stars freckle the sky.
    Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The prize of the cold mezze, aside from the colorful spreads, is poached veal tongue, rosy slices of which are glossed with olive oil and freckled with Maras pepper, bright red and warm on the tongue.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Today Frances is a slender, lightly freckled 12-year-old with her dad's warm brown eyes.
    Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2016
  • The top racers are tanned and freckled from time spent running outside, with muscular arms and uneven tan lines.
    Pia Peterson, New York Times, 5 July 2018
  • In the short term, a wave of low pressure spreads rain back into the area today, and more pop-up showers and T-storms will freckle the Doppler radar screen late Friday and Saturday.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
  • These days Normandy is still freckled with the cemeteries of war and the graves of soldiers of many nations, a reminder of a common purpose against Hitler’s onslaught.
    Alan Cowell, New York Times, 6 June 2019
  • Salem Mitchell opted for lime liner, neon green pulled along the upper lashline as a cool addition to her usual menu of freckled, glossed lips and box braids.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Beneath the cover of blistered, chive-freckled Emmental cheese, your spoon finds a soup made robust with mushroom and beef broths.
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
  • She was dressed all in white, her oversized parka hood almost concealing her freckled face.
    Written By Annie Correal; Photographs By Benjamin Norman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The local doctor recorded a cellphone video to document the dead faces, freckled with shrapnel and blood, coated with dust and debris.
    Brett Murphy, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Panettone—the golden, fruit-freckled, egg-yellow bread of northern Italy—has become a winter mainstay across the entire boot.
    Saveur, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The disappearance had been especially swift in Alsace, a wine-growing region in eastern France where the hills are freckled with the red roofs of half-timbered homes.
    Ben Crair, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 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, 15 June 2018
  • Fort George’s rock-textured green spaces include Highbridge Park, where yellow blossoms freckled a winding path on a recent warm spring day.
    C.j. Hughes, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2017
  • The sugar cookie dough is freckled with colorful sprinkles.
    Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
  • Harper Jensen, a North Texas potter, celebrates her freckles through her handmade pottery.
    Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Wispy brows and freckled cheeks tied everything together.
    Akili King, Vogue, 19 May 2019
  • The world’s third-largest burger chain, with its freckled, pigtailed mascot, is serving up some serious sass to competitors and followers alike.
    Julie Jargon, WSJ, 25 July 2017
  • Yard signs proclaiming residents proudly vote by mail freckle the nation.
    Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Although the park runs adjacent to Ridge Route Drive, ornamental gardens designed by residents and local businesses are freckled throughout the walking trail and add color to the park.
    Orange County Register, 15 Mar. 2017
  • The consequences of participating can be more than just a résumé freckled with poor-quality papers and meeting abstracts.
    Gina Kolata, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Odd facts freckle every page, as in his mention that Thoreau’s cabin, now long gone, was probably plastered with sand left by laborers building the nearby railroad, his primitive abode lined with the residue of industrial progress.
    Danny Heitman, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Geremy Jasper’s endearing, infectiously inspiring debut feature stars freckled, frizzy-haired Danielle Macdonald as Patti, a heavyset white girl who longs to be a rapper.
    Ann Hornaday, kansascity, 28 Aug. 2017

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