The old father was beginning to look grim and haggard, and the bride very hot, with her red flannel shirt showing in splotches through her moist wedding finery.
"Molly Brown's Orchard Home"
Nell Speed
Blood-painted brilliant splotches here and there against the white pictures, but neither man was limp in his bonds, neither fair head drooped, neither pair of blue eyes flinched.
"The Maid of the Whispering Hills"
Vingie E. Roe
But his offer mortified me, made me conscious of my shabby appearance, the coarse, ill-fitting clothes, the effects of the fire still visible in rough and smoke-stained skin, the splotches of new skin on my lips, the face pink and tender.
"Land of the Burnt Thigh"
Edith Eudora Kohl