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

They compete without regard to sex, and the winningest dog of all time was a little brindled bitch named Indy Ann, who racked up 137 victories in the mid-1950s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind him flew Ser Flement's purple unicorn, the brindled boar of Crakehall, the bantam rooster of Swyft, and more.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin