checkered
Example Sentences
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“Well,” Verstappen said after taking the checkered flag, “it’s all possible now.”
It might as well be a plea from the D&D franchise itself, which has a legacy of screen adaptations as checkered as the protagonist’s past.
From Los Angeles Times
So people with problematic pasts, including checkered or fabricated military records, became entrenched in the Legion and a constellation of other volunteer groups.
From New York Times
Southeast Asia’s largest and most populous country has a long, checkered history on human rights that includes mass killings in 1965-1966, also known as the Indonesian communist purge.
From Seattle Times
As waiters served steak in a windowless ballroom, the party chairman, Don Kaltschmidt, a car dealer, stood at a lectern framed by checkered racing flags.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
