stippled
Example Sentences
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Every flat surface and hidey-hole of this bridge is stuffed and stippled with nests.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
At first, we’re captivated by the ornately decorative beauty of the Iyi people’s look and dress: elaborate hairstyles, dazzlingly patterned clothing, faces designed with glowingly stippled white paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
In front of me, a sheer wall of stippled gneiss.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
I stippled the paint on sparingly with a brush to give it an imperfect, aged effect.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2020
I see my wilderness home muddy with wallows and stippled with pig bristles.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
