mottle
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On Jan. 2, nurses reported that the patient’s breathing was shallower, with her toes beginning to mottle as her heart stopped pumping blood that far down.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Then there was the salt: sprinkled generously enough to mottle the fry’s golden skin and amplify the earthy flavors trapped inside.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022
The online class from 12:30-2:15 p.m. will cover identification of blossom brown rot, bacterial canker, cherry mottle leaf, shothole, cherry bark tortrix and tent caterpillar.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2021
We meet patients sodden with uncontrollable mood swings, watch their faces mottle with determination as they fight to recall the three words—blue, monkey, table—we asked them to remember just minutes ago.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 30, 2020
A livid tint began to mottle his face.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo
He cuts one open to show me the inside, mottled brown and floury.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Soon enough, trees everywhere were showing blotchy, mottled, yellowed leaves and suffering from twig dieback and sparse foliage.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Bartram's bass display a light golden color with dark brown blotches along their sides, a mottled belly, and fins with a rosy tint.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
“So really, the story of this building and her gift, part of the energy for it was, where do you leave these legacies?” said Govan, looking at the paintings on the mottled gray concrete walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Their bark is soft velvet, mottled and creamy, and their scent is pungent.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
On the morning of Jan. 3, the patient showed more signs of mottling and had instances of apnea where she stopped breathing.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
She said he had mottling on his body, and his lips and his nails had turned blue.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
The artist also calls attention to his presence by mottling the pigment and scratching into it.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2021
We’ve had one batch of red beans and rice that did, unfortunately, leave the bottom with some permanent, faint mottling, but overall, after six months of vigorous testing, it’s held up excellently.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2020
There was no dark mottling or crater chains in the position of most of his canals.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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