mottle

Example Sentences

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It said his heart rate had dropped and he was "mottled" in appearance.

From BBC

A mottled landscape of state-by-state abortion access followed: within two months of the June decision, 1 in 3 American women lost access to abortion in their home states, according to a Washington Post tally.

From Washington Post

The mission would explore some of Uranus’s 27 known moons—perhaps Titania and Oberon, which are big enough to have water beneath their icy surfaces, or the pockmarked Phoebe and the mottled Puck.

From Scientific American

Maria has red, mottled skin, stringy hair and long black talons.

From Los Angeles Times

When pierced with a knife, the gilded slab reveals itself to be actual meat, mottled pink and swaddled in fat.

From New York Times