brindled

Example Sentences

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Dragonfish have “luminous barbels swinging from their chins”; a Pacific sleeper shark possesses “a body as brindled as old granite.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

It was on a mammoth brindled rock, stained with rust, black and orange.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

He had the breed’s quintessential smashed face, tulip-shaped ears and a brindled coat.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2012

In April, the brindled, lanky dog, who was left outside 24/7, according to Rafaela, had again escaped.

From Washington Post

The trees are columns of slick, brindled bark like muscular animals overgrown beyond all reason.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver