The dog's coat was mottled with brown, black and yellow spots. From LearnThat.org.
Her bright russet hair sliding out of a barrette, her skin mottled, her face carefully neutral. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber] Reference
Under his feet was the velvet grass, the trees arched overhead, and he stood in mottled sunshine. From Wordnik.com. [Created He Them] Reference
"Toasted skin syndrome" is what Swiss researchers have dubbed a mottled-skin condition caused by long-term heat exposure. From Wordnik.com. [Toasted skin syndrome: Laptops burning skin] Reference
The hemp, nutmeg and sage colors are kind of mottled while the others are solid. From Wordnik.com. [PAPERSTONE & RICHLITE: From Countertop to Half Pipe! | Inhabitat] Reference
They turn a kind of mottled green-black on top, silver underneath. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
He looked kind of mottled and anguished, but I guess he'll pull around all right. From Wordnik.com. [Ruggles of Red Gap] Reference
Soft through the trees the mottled shadows dropped. From Wordnik.com. [Lilith The Legend of the First Woman] Reference
His jacket was a course canvas, mottled and stained. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking of Home] Reference
The woman's face was mottled and crimson with anger. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
I prodded the green-and-yellow mottled skin of the thing. From Wordnik.com. [Attrition] Reference
He swung around, his face mottled and his breathing heavy. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Life] Reference
I was drawn to the mottled green light under the forest canopy. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Spiritual Solutions #5: What Is it to Be Alive?] Reference
The name is French, meaning woven so as to have a mottled effect. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The peculiar mottled appearance of the inner bark of the canker. 3rd. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
They were mottled, these orchids, some kind of white and lavender hybrid. From Wordnik.com. [No Pretty Boy] Reference
Fly, -- ruddy mottled feather of hen Pheasant's wing, -- reddish fur from. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
It is mottled and gray and gaunt, as though the skin itself were exhausted. From Wordnik.com. [Better] Reference
Heartwood reddish brown, usually mottled; sapwood lighter color, nearly white. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The back seat of an empty car, mottled with stains the color of terra cotta tile. From Wordnik.com. [IN A CORNER OF HELL, A MOMENT OF BEAUTY] Reference
In posh Santa Barbara, once lush lawns have become mottled plains of scorched earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Long, Dry Winter] Reference
It is covered with white and black scales and hairs which give it a mottled appearance. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
Her gray and calamine-pink mottled ears flapped against my ankles, a gentle thwap, thwap. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the World From on High] Reference
Cool misting lawn sprinklers, their umbral spay — brick walks glisten in the mottled light. From Wordnik.com. [Rittenhouse Square: excert from work-in-progress] Reference
And the mottled purple of the distended veins and capillaries did little to improve his looks. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorite] Reference
The best soap to use is the white, not the mottled, Castile, as it is made from pure olive oil. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
These are hollow gourds with a patina that matched in character the mottled white-washed barn walls. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: On the Road: Farm Stands of Lancaster County, PA] Reference
Leathery bottom mottled brown-and-charcoal from the stone on the oven floor, all gritty with cornmeal. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: The Best New York-Style Pizza in L.A. -- Vito's!] Reference
His shirt was in tatters, and all I could see were his man-tits and a huge gut, his skin mottled with grey. From Wordnik.com. [And We Are Laid To Waste] Reference
It is from 1 to 1.5 inches (25 to 27 mm.) long, and when seen against the kidney fat it appears dark or mottled. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The woodcock is a very handsome bird with its dark mottled brown plumage, long bill, and large, full, black eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
They are at their best in January, when the rind is black, hard, and rough, and the inside mottled black and white. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
She'd had an unreal face; slack, bruise-colored lips that liked to hang open and cheeks splotched with mottled age spots. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lives on Barriedale Road?] Reference
It's a fancy tan, black, and white bird, with feathers that are spangled, mottled, stippled pattern, or sometimes all three. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
Observe its brownish colour, faintly mottled; its small size and energetic movements, its tail turned nearly vertically upward. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
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