blotched

Example Sentences

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My notebook pages are wet and blotched by water!

From Salon • May 28, 2025

An example of the founder effect is the cyclical dominance of three throat-color patterns in side- blotched lizards.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Altered taqpep genes were already known to cause blotched tabby patterns in cats, as well as king cheetahs’ unusually large spots and stripes.

From Scientific American • Dec. 21, 2021

Many varieties contain petals blotched with multiple colors that surround a rich, chocolate brown center.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

Black hold, the detonations fierce, floor puddled with wet sick; heaving; victory blotched by fog and rain, the wind meddling, ships luffing, stoving up as if careened; and I below.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson