checkered

Example Sentences

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Although she wanted to keep her kitchen neutral, she added a pop of color with red-and-white checkered floors and a blue oven.

From MarketWatch

But by the time they took the last checkered flag of the year, on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, it was Norris who had done just enough.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Well,” Verstappen said after taking the checkered flag, “it’s all possible now.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He was a small, wiry fellow in a long checkered coat.

From Literature

California, biomass energy advocates say, has struggled to get past its distrust of the technology, given traditional biomass’ checkered past of clear-cutting forests and polluting poorer communities.

From Los Angeles Times