yellow spot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of yellow spot
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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It still left a small yellow spot, which is why it lands in fourth place.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022
He added beauty, cheerfulness, generosity, gratitude — and his ability to make us see sunshine in a yellow spot.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,” he observed, “but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020
Replaced every week, it directs viewers’ eyes to the adjacent wall, where the yellow spot in a painting by Joan Miró gleams a little brighter.
From Economist • Jul. 12, 2018
The yellow spot sprang wide and dim on an empty stretch of floor; he moved it over a circle of crumpled bedclothes.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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