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
The in-vogue plants right now include the Philodendrons, Hoyas, Anthuriums, Scindapsus — especially silver varieties like ‘Platinum’ — and plants with white variegation or velvety leaves.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
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
The Rockies may offer wilder wildernesses, but you don’t experience the pleasure of sharp cultural variegation as you move from place to place.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016
Outside, where the broad Channel appeared, a berylline and opalized variegation of ripples, currents, deeps, and shallows, lay as fair under the sun as a New Jerusalem, the shores being of gleaming sand.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
