motley

Example Sentences

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The rest of the cast is a motley lot: luckless tourists, lamebrain teen punks, unfortunate law-enforcement officers and bungling drug dealers.

From Seattle Times

And across the years his résumé was wonderfully motley.

From New York Times

When Cortés insisted, the emperor extended a welcome to the newcomers, providing luxurious lodgings and a “sumptuous dinner” after thousands of Aztecs lined up to gawk at the foreigners’ motley ranks, wrote Díaz del Castillo.

From Los Angeles Times

The fire on Evia forced the hasty Friday night evacuation of about 1,400 people from a seaside village and island beaches by a motley assortment of boats.

From Washington Post

Soon a motley crew of local musicians — including the pianist and composer Albert Marquès — took shape, and they joined him in playing that hopeful hymn for 82 days straight.

From New York Times