lay a patch
Example Sentences
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I wanted to grab the wheel and lay a patch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soundness in painting consists in being able to lay a patch of color having exactly the right shape and tint.
From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
Long zigzags up the slope brought us to the top of a notch, where at the right lay a patch of snow.
From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane
Then flat on the cheek lay a patch of brilliant colour, another on the mouth.
From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
No glacier was visible now, however—only, on the rocky summit lay a patch or two of the last winter’s snow-drift, which was too deep for the summer sun to melt away.
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
