blotched

Example Sentences

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My notebook pages are wet and blotched by water!

From Salon • May 28, 2025

His books sell so well that even the pirated copies still circulate widely, disseminating his trademark wit and wry, earthy humor with uneven margins and blotched text.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

An example of the founder effect is the cyclical dominance of three throat-color patterns in side- blotched lizards.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Altered taqpep genes were already known to cause blotched tabby patterns in cats, as well as king cheetahs’ unusually large spots and stripes.

From Scientific American • Dec. 21, 2021

I thought of all those heroines of fiction who looked pretty when they cried, and what a contrast I must make with blotched and swollen face, and red rims to my eyes.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier