dapple
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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
By contrast, Domon Ken’s “Mr. and Mrs. Kotani: Survivors of the Atomic Bomb” from 1957 depicts parents and a chubby baby, smiling widely despite the scars that dapple Mr. Kotani’s face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2019
A dapple of scarlet lamplight shone through the holes, giving the space the ambience of an illicit cathedral.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2018
He sat a sorrel stallion, his standard-bearer a dapple grey.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
The female is so dark I thought she was the male until early morning light picked out the faintest dapples on her breast.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
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
They would remain there, amid the dunes and dappled sunlight of Cape Cod’s hooked terminus, until Cook’s death in 2004.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The evening is lightly dappled with personal or informative patter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
In a woodland glade, in dappled sunshine, Sharron and Glen Markey are arm-in-arm beside the tree they planted in memory of their beloved 17-year-old daughter, Helena, their only child.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
It’s an ideal companion piece to the site-specific daybed Skelly made to best enjoy the view from the sunroom’s expansive windows, where dappled light filters through an outdoor screen of towering bamboo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Water lines went across, lapped the stones, and rippled back to meet each other, settling, to be dappled by the sun.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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
"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
In the afternoon light, the windows sparkle — dappling the temple sanctuary with reflected light, but also creating a confetti pattern inside the pavilion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
Koffi stepped into a ray of sunlight dappling through the jungle’s canopy.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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