stippled
Example Sentences
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Every flat surface and hidey-hole of this bridge is stuffed and stippled with nests.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
It’s a swift-moving, detailed biography, recounting a life that was long, eventful and stippled with tragedy and regret.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
The stippled pattern is associated with Olokun, a spirit the Edo believe resides in a palace beneath the sea and rules over water deities.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2021
I stippled the paint on sparingly with a brush to give it an imperfect, aged effect.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2020
Despite the low clouds— an almost featureless carpet a thousand feet above our heads—perspiration stippled his temples.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
