How to Use spotted in a Sentence

spotted

adjective

• Find the bait on sonar and look for spotted bass and stripers below them.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 2 July 2021
• They were first spotted holding hands at the premiere of The Rover on June 12.
  — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
• And there, in all of its infamy, was a spotted lanternfly.
  — Damon Young, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
• The disease gets its name from a spotted red rash that may appear.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• The two were spotted holding hands and kissing at the sporting events.
  — Erin Reimel, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2018
• Simply purchase the spotted suit, or get a white morph suit and black felt pieces to create the spots.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2023
• Of course, a plant that is too good at this may become a weed — like the spotted touch-me-not in my host’s garden.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• The spotted wing fruit fly is one of the world’s major crop destroyers.
  — Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 23 Apr. 2018
• Blooms vary in color from creamy white to dark pink and purple with spotted throats.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024
• At Neely Henry, the spotted bass bite in the upper end of the lake any time there’s good current flow through Weiss Dam.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 10 Sep. 2021
• The spotted skunk only comes out at night and is a skilled climber, making sightings of it rare.
  — Guest, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2019
• The spotted lanternfly enters the adult moth stage during the late summer and fall.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2024
• The spotted dog serves as a companion to the 10-horse team and is also taking a break at UC Davis.
  — Bill Lindelof, sacbee.com, 21 June 2017
• First, and much to my delight, my wife and I watched as a spotted fawn pranced around the backyard of our new home in Blount County.
  — Michael C. Bolton, al, 15 Sep. 2023
• Get in on the trend by throwing on a slinky slip dress in the spotted print like Laura Harrier.
  — Sarah Ball, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
• At first, the family didn’t have much to do with the spotted pit bull-dalmatian mix.
  — Patrick Raycraft, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2022
• In its native range, the spotted lanternfly is rarely a problem.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 20 June 2023
• The two were spotted holding hands in Honolulu back in March.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 14 May 2018
• Two men on draft horses emerged from the trees, followed by a woman riding a spotted donkey the size of a pony.
  — Christopher McDougall, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2016
• But the tree of heaven has been around much longer than the spotted lanternfly—it was first brought to Philadelphia in 1784.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
• The shed stirred with bigger animals: a spotted cow, mauve pigs, a white horse glowing in the moonlight like a ghost.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
• Stone 62 is one of only three bluestones at Stonehenge made of non-spotted dolerite, the type of stone used to build Waun Mawn.
  — National Geographic, 19 July 2022
• Beside him stood a toy horse and a selection of gaudy sombreros for children to wear astride the spotted steed.
  — Christopher Sherman, ajc, 25 June 2023
• That owl, which is native to the southwest, is part of a larger family of spotted owls.
  — Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
• The spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest, was first seen in New York in 2020, and New Yorkers have been urged to kill them on sight.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• The spotted handfish is one of seven handfish species local to Tasmania and one of 14 in the world.
  — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
• Many of you have probably heard of jumping worms or the spotted lanternfly.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
• So while it is advised to kill certain invasive species such as the spotted lantern fly, the Jorōs can be left alone, Davis said.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
• Birds sing and, using an app, Ted identifies the spotted towhee and evening grosbeak.
  — Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 July 2024
• The spotted lanternfly has joined the ranks of Maryland’s peskiest vermin in recent years, and has become a threat to local ecosystems and agriculture in Carroll County.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024