Thesaurus / motley
FEEDBACKHow to use motley in a sentence
My jacket is from Old Navy, and sweaters from a motley of stores I don’t care about.
OPINION | BEING ISABELISAAC AMENDJUNE 14, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEKlagsbrun’s assemblages are motley and ramshackle, and yet vital.
IN THE GALLERIES: A HEIGHTENED HOMAGE TO TREES AND WHAT THEY CAN TEACH USMARK JENKINSMAY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Post led the charge into federal court, welcoming a motley crew.
TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT’S DOING. THAT’S WHY WE’RE TRACKING PPP DATA.BY JEREMY KUTNERMARCH 12, 2021PROPUBLICANow, it’s all up to a motley crew of players to plan out how to actually get these things to people like doctors and nurses in the safest way possible.
HOW A MOLECULE GETS TO THE MASSESSY MUKHERJEEDECEMBER 17, 2020FORTUNEUltimately conquering the coronavirus pandemic will likely require a motley crew of vaccines which use different technologies.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE LEADING COVID VACCINES WILL LEAD TO FASTER MANUFACTURINGSY MUKHERJEEDECEMBER 5, 2020FORTUNEThe proclamation was posted on the door of the court house and soon a motley crowd gathered around to read it.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNSeldom has war brought together such a motley assemblage of races as gathered on the Ridge during the siege of Delhi.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThese little shops, which display at regular intervals their motley assortment of wares, fill me with delight.
MARGUERITEANATOLE FRANCEIt was a motley army, without uniforms, without banners and many without arms.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNWhile waiting for the performance to begin, the motley troop encamps on the grass near the theatre.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYWORDS RELATED TO MOTLEY
- assortment
- bits
- bits and pieces
- debris
- etcetera
- hodgepodge
- jumble
- knickknacks
- leavings
- leftovers
- litter
- medley
- melee
- miscellaneous paraphernalia
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- motley
- mélange
- notions
- novelties
- odds and ends
- olio
- particles
- patchwork
- potpourri
- rags
- refuse
- remainder
- remains
- remnants
- rest
- rubbish
- rummage
- scraps
- sundries
- sundry items
- this and that
- assortments
- bits
- bits and pieces
- debris
- etceteras
- hodgepodges
- jumbles
- knickknacks
- leavings
- leftovers
- litters
- medleys
- melees
- miscellaneous paraphernalias
- miscellanies
- mishmashes
- mixed bags
- motley
- mélanges
- notions
- novelties
- oddments
- olios
- particles
- patchworks
- potpourri
- rags
- refuse
- remainders
- remains
- remnants
- rests
- rubbish
- rummage
- scraps
- sundries
- sundry items
- this and thats
- all manner of
- assorted
- changeable
- changing
- different
- discrete
- disparate
- distinct
- distinctive
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- heterogeneous
- individual
- legion
- manifold
- many
- many-sided
- miscellaneous
- mixed
- motley
- multifarious
- multiform
- multitudinal
- multitudinous
- numerous
- omnifarious
- peculiar
- populous
- separate
- several
- sundry
- unalike
- unequal
- unlike
- variant
- varied
- variegated
- all manner of
- assorted
- changeable
- changing
- different
- discrete
- disparate
- distinct
- distinctive
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- heterogeneous
- individual
- legion
- manifold
- many
- many-sided
- miscellaneous
- mixed
- motley
- multifarious
- multiform
- multitudinal
- multitudinous
- numerous
- omnifarious
- peculiar
- populous
- separate
- several
- sundry
- unalike
- unequal
- unlike
- variant
- varied
- variegated
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