variegation

Example Sentences

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The results are Romantic landscapes in miniature, with the variegation of the stone transforming into fields, skies and mountains whose beauty is further enhanced by the delicate metalwork in which they’re mounted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

These are bushy plants that display a range of leaf colors, some with dramatic variegation.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022

But the variegation is part of Carballido’s point.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2017

Many cultivars of ivy can be found in and around gardens, some showing flashy variegation, others with finely dissected leaves.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2017

And where's the gloom now?—silver-smitten straight, One glow and variegation!

From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)