patchwork
Example Sentences
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She longed to be home, wrapped in the patchwork quilt that always lay on the end of the sofa.
From Literature
Each year, he distributes to colleagues a color-coded calendar — a different color for every sport he’s covering that day — and the patchwork on every page looks like the Partridge family bus.
From Los Angeles Times
India’s policymakers are also trying to figure out how the country’s patchwork electricity grid will provide enough power to the new centers.
Economy watchers are once again turning to a patchwork of unofficial data as another federal spending impasse has suspended government figures.
Watch the video above for a breakdown of the patchwork of agencies still operating in Minneapolis.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
