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
Horse-drawn carriages click-clack around the lush public squares that dapple the map.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018
“Chemistry mostly, and I dapple in the Archives with Puppet sometimes.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
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
They blossom into blobs and dapples and flecks and fronds of colour, manifestations of the artist's daydreaming delight.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2010
The sun shone down through the rustling of ferns and stunted cypress of the island in dapples of light and shadow.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
It wasn’t all that long ago that restaurants and bars around the country were dappled in the glow of cigarettes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
We can just make out stripy ears in the dappled shade inside the Scottish wildcat enclosure.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Yet the result was a unique, multi-faceted sculptural adornment to Central Park that still shimmers compellingly in the dappled light of springtime, while convincingly elevating architecture to the status of fine art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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
Their dappled grey coursers were swift, strong, and beautifully trained.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
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