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

You can find leaf variegation in hardy lilies, but this decorative aspect is unsurpassed in some tropical lilies.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

But these shifts feel deliberate, like the clicking of a slide projector rather than the smooth variegation of a kaleidoscope, and the landscape always clears atop that steady pulse.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2016

Which is in the dish there is yellow and the white and all the sleep, all the variegation lying makes the best as in the grate.

From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Stein, Gertrude