harlequin

The harlequin lady beetle has helped farmers and gardeners control plant-eating pests, and defenders argue it is basically harmless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

Away from the from springtime pastels and prints, Alessandro Michele's debut couture collection was full of clashing colours and harlequin print fit for a court jester.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

It was a romantic, whimsical collection, full of ruffs and harlequin prints and sweeping skirts, and maybe not what we’d expect from a designer known for elegant minimalism.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

There’s Anastasia Durasova’s makeup that makes a face look like that of a melting high-glam harlequin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

She was wearing tri-focal lenses in harlequin frames, and the frames were trimmed with rhinestones.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Atlantic puffins are the harlequins of the sea, colorful as a rainforest parrot—black backs, white bellies, quad-colored beaks and intensely orange feet and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

As Dr Elizabeth Duncan says: "Unfortunately, they do compete with and can outcompete some native ladybird species, but they like to overwinter in different environments - harlequins in our homes and seven-spots in leaf litter."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

Owning these harlequins should be a piece of cake, and the woman who spent most of her career sticking it to abusive husbands and predatory bankers could be just the man to get things moving.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024

A burst of color, channeling the vibrancy of harlequins, took center stage.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

He saw Ku Klux Klan hoods, skeletons, harlequins in garish colors, painted faces.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers