brindled
Example Sentences
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Dragonfish have “luminous barbels swinging from their chins”; a Pacific sleeper shark possesses “a body as brindled as old granite.”
From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023
It was on a mammoth brindled rock, stained with rust, black and orange.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
He had the breed’s quintessential smashed face, tulip-shaped ears and a brindled coat.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2012
For good measure, they also turned thumbs down on brindled Governor Walter S. Goodland, 83, whose crotchety independence has irked many an old-line party man.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trees are columns of slick, brindled bark like muscular animals overgrown beyond all reason.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing brindled
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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Unit 1, Words to Know
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 3–4
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