dapple

Every time he touches her, the rest of the world seems to disappear: The focus goes shallow, the fine hairs on Brie’s skin dapple in the light, her muscles creak as loudly as tectonic plates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

The rescued tree, says the 48-year-old Furlanetto, “became part of the architecture,” casting shadows through a skylight that dapple the internal concrete ramp for which the project was named.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

So when the rain comes, it doesn't just dapple us with light sprinkles, it drops the heavier load of moisture that has been accumulating for a longer time.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023

Gleaming spots caused by methane ice clouds in the planet's atmosphere dapple its lower half.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 20, 2022

Pantherlike in a dapple of tree shadow, Dodo Conway's black station wagon lay in wait.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Does your manic pixie dream girl complex fantasize about an ethereal-looking stranger mesmerized in reverie as they gaze upon the dapples of fluorescent Tom Bradley terminal lights reflecting off this sumptuously swamp-hued fabric?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

Pink natural light dapples a river in one composition, while reflections of house lamps streak a dark lake in another.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021

It sets apart the mansion, reveals its layered additions, dapples the Frick in shade.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2014

The way the sun dapples on the buildings near her Garment District office is something to see, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2012

As she reaches for it, she watches the way the light slips through the heavy pine needles, dapples everything with sweet September light .

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

We can just make out stripy ears in the dappled shade inside the Scottish wildcat enclosure.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

The evening is lightly dappled with personal or informative patter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

If a political debate is your idea of a good time — rather than, say, sitting on the sugary sands of some beach watching a dappled sunset play on the water, more power to you!

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024

Inside the breathtaking Art Deco interiors of the Palais de la Porte Doree, Issey Miyake ’s guests admired wall-to-wall frescos and bas-reliefs of exotic scenes lit up in dappled lighting.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

The Dalmatian fern, with its dappled fronds and alert bearing.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

When you assemble the dessert into bowls and start dappling each island with caramel and toasted sliced almonds, your friends will begin to hover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

As you sit in meditation on a wooden bench, the sunlight dappling across your face, life’s chaos exists just a hundred steps away on the other side of the temple walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

"Wouldn't it be useful for English speakers to have a specific word for sunlight dappling through leaves... Or a word for the action of sitting outside enjoying a beer?"

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025

I stepped through the door, surveying the late-summer light dappling the antique wood floors.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

He stood there with the sunshine dappling him over and sometimes his hooves struck a spark from the stones as he pawed the ground.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith