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Example sentences for "flecking"

Lexicographically close words:
fleam; fleas; fleche; fleck; flecked; flecks; fled; fledde; fledge; fledged
  1. Its head hung low and swung from side to side as it trotted, the motion flecking foam and slaver.

  2. I shall have to kill that man some day," he said, flecking his cigar ashes into the grate.

  3. The opposite bank was more heavily wooded, and I became aware, as I sat idly flecking the foam from Fatima's flanks with my riding-whip, that I had for some time been hearing a whippoorwill calling and its mate replying.

  4. At the station, as she sat in the buggy flecking her whip idly, and waiting for Maurice's train, her whole mind was on the defensive.

  5. I shall have to kill that man some day,” he said, flecking his cigar ashes into the grate.

  6. She's got them all beat," retorted the artist, flecking the ash from the tip of his cigarette.

  7. Sheila was flecking some dust from her skirts with her riding whip, and her manner was one of absolute lack of interest.

  8. Sheila did not like the expression in Duncan's eyes, and her chin was raised a little as she turned from him and gave her attention to flecking the grass near her with the lash of her riding whip.

  9. In April the latter are in full bloom, their lilac blossoms hanging in dense panicles, the green leaves flecking them just enough to afford contrast, and the sombre Spanish moss depending gracefully from every branch and limb.

  10. The sunshine sifts through the arch above, flecking the roadway with a mosaic of leaves and boughs in light and shade.

  11. It was two days later, and the bright sunshine rested on Fort St. Louis flecking the sides of the great rock with gold, and bridging the broad valley below.

  12. He paused an instant to gaze about, and held his hat in his hand, the sun touching his tanned cheeks, and flecking the long, light-colored hair.

  13. He continued to play with his egg, flecking off the broken bits of shell with the point of his spoon.

  14. The tired eyelids were half closed, the tears glistening in the light of the overhanging lamp, the shadows of her black curls flecking her face.

  15. It's torture to a contractor who is behind time," he continued, flecking the ashes of his cigar into his saucer.

  16. Except for the ruddy gleam slanted across the path from some cabin window, or the glare of a belated villager's swinging lantern flecking the pale, staring fences with seesawing lights and shadows, not a light was visible.

  17. His aunt's restless and aggrieved glance kept flecking him from the side, but the two were as motionless as the bouledogue, standing there on his bench legs and surveying his travelling basket with loathing.

  18. That's the whole thing," he went on, flecking his horses with the whip.

  19. He arose, flecking the wood dust from his hands.

  20. Dust arose from the long-disused room, flecking the yellow candle flame.

  21. Although there were between one and two thousand deer flecking the park, it was utilised to the pasture of humbler and more useful animals.

  22. It was pleasant to see them like walking mites, flecking the dark brows of the mountains.

  23. The flecking sunlight fell on their towsled hair and their flushed faces.

  24. It was deeply moving to see her with her poor playthings out under the poplar tree, talking to herself, arranging and rearranging her chairs and tables, the sunlight flecking her hair, and the birds singing overhead.

  25. The foam turned to ice as it fell, flecking their bits.


  26. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flecking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.