stippled

Example Sentences

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Every flat surface and hidey-hole of this bridge is stuffed and stippled with nests.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

In front of me, a sheer wall of stippled gneiss.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022

The stippled pattern is associated with Olokun, a spirit the Edo believe resides in a palace beneath the sea and rules over water deities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2021

I stippled the paint on sparingly with a brush to give it an imperfect, aged effect.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2020

White throats and cheek patches shimmered above pale breast feathers stippled with black flecks.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George