brindled

Example Sentences

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Dragonfish have “luminous barbels swinging from their chins”; a Pacific sleeper shark possesses “a body as brindled as old granite.”

From Scientific American

It was on a mammoth brindled rock, stained with rust, black and orange.

From Washington Post

In April, the brindled, lanky dog, who was left outside 24/7, according to Rafaela, had again escaped.

From Washington Post

Greyhounds aren’t just gray either; they can be black, bluish gray, light red or brindled in different shades of red or blue.

From Los Angeles Times

But her co-star, a brindled hound mix named Tigger, didn’t budge.

From New York Times