patchwork

Example Sentences

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The morning after a general election, the result is pretty much complete by breakfast time - but that is not the case in this patchwork of elections around Britain.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The result is a patchwork of wildly unequal and inadequate representation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The writing has something in common with Annie Ernaux’s unsparing ethnological studies, except that Ms. Riley’s book consists of a patchwork of narratives whose thematic connections are only subtly suggested.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A short walk along an irrigation canal leads to a weathered observation deck rising two stories above a patchwork of saturated flats where saltgrass, iodine bush and cattail take root.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

She in her pink dress and me in my green suit, the two of us looking like a giant patchwork quilt.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat