Usage examples (37)

• The style of painting floors called "marbling," hardly yet extinct, was a survival of this custom.
• The waiter said that what made the cut of meat so desirable was its "marbling," a euphemism for fat.
• So if you're consuming a grain-based diet with limited physical activity, you are essentially "marbling" your own muscle tissue.
• Prime beef has a much higher percentage of intramuscular fat (what steak connoisseurs refer to as "marbling") compared to lower grades.