Sentence examples for a speck of a from inspiring English sources

Held in Balranald (pop. 1100)—a speck of a town on the edge of a great red desert competitors and organisers undertook a lengthy pilgrimage just to get there.

He'd been premature, a speck of a thing.

Iniesta is from Fuentealbilla, a speck of a Spanish village, population about 2,000.

WINE LIST -- A speck of a list, which, aside from Champagnes, contains about 16 selections.

Mr. Garber, 37, grew up in Montville, a speck of a town in eastern Connecticut.

Jones grew up in Pierson, a speck of a town with a few thousand people in Central Florida.

The rocky eastern shore of Isla Mujeres, a speck of an island near Cancún, is a popular landing spot.

Mr. Foyle was born on Canouan, a speck of an island in the Caribbean nation of St . Vincentand the Grenadines.

When the three Moffitt children were growing up, they lived on a speck of an island, accessible only by boat, which became their own private playground after dark.

In fact, it's hard to lose one's way for long on Sant'Antioco, a speck of an island connected to Sardinia's southwestern corner by a milelong causeway.

Yet this kind of anything-goes vibe is getting harder to find in Boracay, a speck of an island smack in the middle of the Philippines that in recent years has been making the leap from low-key tropical backwater to Southeast Asia's newest hot spot.