It was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green. From LearnThat.org. [www.thefreedictionary.com/mottle]
It was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"mottle" behavior in the image generated by CMOS active pixel sensor devices. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Deep crimson stains mottle the pages of humanity's history. From Wordnik.com. [Truth is Speaking....Is Power Listening?] Reference
Cold Mountain was a mottle of color rising behind the house. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Or invent an anxious axolotl whose gross debilitating mottle. From Wordnik.com. [With apologies to everyone who's read this doggerel before] Reference
She saw the dark colour mottle his skin but banked down her apprehension. From Wordnik.com. [Desire for Revenge]
Gaping holes began to mottle the side of the bus that faced into the firing squad. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
All types must also resist rice yellow-mottle virus; some local cultivars already do. From Wordnik.com. [1. African Rice] Reference
The rumbling began, the faces started to mottle, but Scaurus held up his right arm for silence, and got it. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
The old mottle was fat cat fundraising, a small number of large contributions from rich people and special interests. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008] Reference
The hover's smooth skin had taken on the discoloration of the fireground, an ugly mottle of gray and brown and black. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Bean golden mosaic and chlorotic mottle viruses are spread by white-flies, and curly top virus by the beet leafhopper. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Whiteflies (Bemisia spp.) do not usually cause direct damage but can transmit bean golden mosaic virus and bean chlorotic mottle virus. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Sand's expression didn't change, but I saw Borosage mottle with anger and rcahzed they must be communicating-arguing, probably'subvocally, wearing some kind of boneboxes. From Wordnik.com. [Dreamfall]
"So, little father who has no children," Ros'kamoni began, the skin at his forearms showing a pleasant yellow-white mottle, "what shall we talk about this lovely morning?". From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Shapes began to dissolve into a mere mottle of shadows, but for fugitive gleams of reflected light from surfaces of ice, and the bluish mounds where untrodden snow had drifted deep. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin In The Ice]
The syncope lasted so long that Drusus began to mottle and grey in the face; his arms and legs moved, jerked colossally several times while he emitted dreadful and frightening sounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Gangs of buffalo, herds of antelope, and droves of wild horses, mottle the far vistas. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
The mottle coloration of the octopus produces effective background matching to the algae. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
Inheritance of resistance to cowpea chlorotic mottle virus in southern pea, Vigna sinensis. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Leaf mottling of Spartina species caused by a newly recognised virus, spartina mottle virus. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Virus-ribosome complexes cell-free translation systems supplemented cowpea chlorotic mottle virus particles. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
A solution of sulphate of iron will mottle soap by dispersing it before the soap hardens throughout the mass. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Some characteristics of Solanum nodiflorum mottle virus - a beetle-transmitted isometric virus from Australia. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
I think I understand what you are saying (though I'm not 100\% sure so if I mottle it too much, let me know). From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Write down the chorus to each verse of Mr.S. Weller's song, and a sketch of the mottle-faced man's excursus on it. From Wordnik.com. [Fly Leaves] Reference
Ginsburg put up his gloved hand and wiped clean a face that with passion had turned a mottle of red-and-white blotches. From Wordnik.com. [From Place to Place] Reference
A mottle of clouds sheds moving shadows over the hill-crests, and relieves them from the appalling monotony of yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
The mottle-faced party seems to have been then the most influential, but the dark and light grey varieties also had strong adherents. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of English Agriculture] Reference
StaffUniform and mottle patterns are what most people recognize as camouflage and those patterns function by resembling the background. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
The rivalry between the breeders of the white and the mottle faces almost caused the failure of the Herd-Book commenced in 1845 by Mr. Eyton. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of English Agriculture] Reference
Moreover the truth about the auburn mustaches and goatee was coming out in snowy splotches; the fading dye showed a mottle of red and white not agreeable to the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Queed] Reference
Hereupon the mottle-faced gentleman lets go of his shirt-frill, bows to Barnabas and, tossing off his wine, sits down amid loud acclamations and a roaring chorus of "Beverley!. From Wordnik.com. [The Amateur Gentleman] Reference
Black pools mottle the meadows. From Wordnik.com. [The Stranger at the Gate] Reference
= An exaggerated form of mottle. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
"Dapple" is an exaggerated form of mottle. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
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