mottle

Example Sentences

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The entire upper half of the canvas is an abstraction of mottled brushstrokes ranging from charcoal gray to a deep velvety black that surrounds the head like a heavy halo.

From The Wall Street Journal

The domed blue ceiling is mottled with pinpricks of shining light, like stars emerging in the darkness.

From Los Angeles Times

The effect is dark and mottled — it looks as if the concrete has swallowed the color.

From Los Angeles Times

The earliest such representations were found on a mottled pink sandstone dating back about 2,000 years and began to be recognised through the sacred symbol of an endless knot on the teachers' chest.

From BBC

More than a century later, fine particles of pollution still clung to its feathers, dulling what once was a scarlet red breast to a mottled gray.

From Los Angeles Times