blot

In a sentence

Six example sentences with blot, each labelled with its topic.

• A single blot of soot from the studio stove ruined the drawing, spreading across the sitter's white collar.

  Art

• Archivists found a greasy blot on the treaty's margin where a clerk had rested an unwashed thumb.

  History

• The examiner showed each child a symmetrical blot of spilled ink and wrote down whatever the child claimed to see.

  Psychology

• A dark blot in the same corner of every frame turned out to be a speck of dust on the sensor.

  Photography

• The only surviving page of the poem carries a blot where the poet's pen dripped mid-line.

  Literature

• A greasy blot on the recipe card marks the step where grandmother always stopped to taste the sauce.

  Cooking

Found in these word lists

• Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative

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