patchily

How to use patchily in a sentence

• Her patchily grey hair is crisp; she still has a few pretty gestures.

  A Poor Man's House | Stephen Sydney Reynolds

• Old Jolyon's furrowed face was reddening patchily, as old men's faces redden in the sun.

  The Forsyte Saga, Complete | John Galsworthy

• The hair, curly, matted all over his body, patchily rubbed away.

  Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town | Cory Doctorow