tessellate

Example Sentences

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“It can be quite meditative. And it provides a better understanding of how a shape does or does not tessellate.”

From New York Times

The screens hang in rooms lined with tessellated wallpaper; arranged throughout the pavilion are gilded geometric objects based on the shape of pyrite, a mineral also known by the colonial-era term “fool’s gold.”

From New York Times

In his mural, called “Path to the Golden Age,” elephants, lions, birds and other animals gather under a blue tessellated sky.

From Seattle Times

These paintings are actually wall reliefs: The models’ wavy hair consists of incised resin blocks, and the backgrounds are tessellated tiles overlaid with pasted paper.

From New York Times

At the same time, her tessellated processions of color are all about beauty — a quality that seems almost archaic today as a measure of worth for art.

From New York Times