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 took the emptiness of Abuelo’s room inside myself, the cold, stippled walls desolate and hard.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago