striate

Example Sentences

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It also made the striated rocks more colorful on scenic drives, including the nine-mile route past Artists Palette, where volcanic mineral deposits drench the hills in violet, pink, yellow and green patches.

From New York Times

In “A Touch of Optimism 4 Every Worry,” a cloud bank made of blossoms floats in a striated blue sky, with tangled, vine-like tendrils below.

From Washington Post

DOM is in a spacious underground room, with a glowing bar done in striated honey onyx as its cynosure.

From New York Times

But the bulk of the subjects resemble plant and animal forms, intricately striated and not quite recognizable.

From Washington Post

It’s about contemporary Italy, which is also to say that it’s about the divisions of class, region, sex, nationality and ideology that striate the peninsula.

From New York Times