Adjective : a dapple horse. From Dictionary.com.
Behind us, fair, light-smitten hills in dappled splendor lie. From Wordnik.com. [The Watchman and Other Poems] Reference
I woke in dappled shade to the sound of laughter and splashing water. From Wordnik.com. [A Time to Every Purpose « A Fly in Amber] Reference
The child's eye recalls the dappled light on the Solent, the blue water off the southern coast of England in May. From Wordnik.com. [ɘloЯ] Reference
I was forced to study Hopkins for English A level several years ago and hated it - I need a "dappled" room. From Wordnik.com. ['This is the worst.'] Reference
But you would no sooner use the word "dappled" of this place than you would come here to read a love letter. From Wordnik.com. [In search of the real Philip Larkin] Reference
He harnessed his dappled dog to his sledge and drove down. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
The grass, dappled with sun and shadow, wore a mantle of flowers. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
The dappled shade of a pear tree protected him from the June sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
While this majority insist on full sun, a few grow in dappled shade. From Wordnik.com. [Gardens: Alliums] Reference
The spiral hedges slowly shook out dappled clusters of white hawthorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
The dogs had started a dappled deer that bounded away through the forest. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales] Reference
Despite the turmoil, company officials still see a dappled and dewy future. From Wordnik.com. [Paint By Numbers] Reference
And the raven spread before his friend a beautiful dress of dappled black and white. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Birds] Reference
For a full minute they stood, a study in light bronze against the dappled green foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
So they sit in the dappled shade drinking, the clear glass partially filled with red liquid. From Wordnik.com. [Renoir: Le Moulin de la Galette] Reference
Under the trees ahead is a log cabin, dappled with the sunlight and the shade of dancing leaves. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
As they drew still nearer, riding on his dappled gray in the midst of them, I recognized Melinza!. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Let's go, now, to a sun-dappled river bank outside Paris to dance the day away. From Wordnik.com. [Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes] Reference
BEAUTIFUL ALEXANDRA NECHITA, age 10, puts on her paint-dappled "magic slippers" and hums a little tune. From Wordnik.com. [Even A Kid Could Do It] Reference
There, at the back of the yard, among the wild lilies and dappled sunshine, was the funny-looking chicken. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Bernays: Motherhood] Reference
Illimitably beautiful pale dappled gray clouds filled the summer sky, shutting out the fierce rays of the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
He hitched Rosina -- the dappled mare, named "Raisin" for her spots -- to the plow and slapped her into motion. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
But in his heart, she'll never replace Farrah, who did her own dappled hair and sun-kissed makeup for the shoot. From Wordnik.com. [Rhapsody Redux] Reference
A strong wind was blowing from the south, the sun shining through a sky dappled with fleecy broken white cloudlets. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
A thin breeze rustled the foliage, and golden sun spots dappled the brown carpet of pine needles upon which she lay. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
They chased each other into patches of dappled sunlight and twirled around and around until their skirts took flight. From Wordnik.com. [Late Summer.] Reference
The craggy cliffs of Dinosaur National Monument are dappled with stripes, each representing a distinct geological era. From Wordnik.com. [Visiting Utah] Reference
Its long graceful leaves provide a light dappled shade and grass will grow luxuriantly up to the very base of the tree. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
In the dappled, overgrown town, everyone is so interconnected that a fracture in one household causes a break in another. From Wordnik.com. [The Corpses Of Summer] Reference
He was sitting in dappled sunshine in an ordinary lawn chair of tubular magnesium with a back and bottom of gaudy fabric. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
They dog-paddled and splashed around for a few minutes, then climbed out and sat on their clothes in the dappled sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [POSEY'S POND] Reference
"Tell me, seest thou not yonder knight coming towards us on a dappled gray steed, who has upon his head a helmet of gold?". From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The copper panels have an irregular pattern of holes and embossed dots, determined by computer, to suggest dappled sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [The de Young Is... DeLovely] Reference
A casual stroll along the sun-dappled Ljubljanica River from the Triple Bridge feels like an unintended pub (lishing) crawl. From Wordnik.com. [Doree Lewak: Europe's Latest Page-Turner] Reference
I examined the ground, the pattern the sun made as it shone through the trees, and thought this must be what was meant by "dappled.". From Wordnik.com. [a Lie] Reference
A poet would go on about the dappled morning light, and indeed the white dots of sun light were playing around my half-shaded knees. From Wordnik.com. [THE GIFT] Reference
O! We see now; it is a fairy fawn, looking innocent as a baby; and its round sides are dappled as the trout and pickerel in the lake. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
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