MOTTLE in a Sentence
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18 example sentences for MOTTLE, such as:
1. Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the sinking sun.
2. When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.
3. Round one of his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with bloodstains.
4. The letter which had been the messenger of death for Milverton lay, all mottled with his blood, upon the table.
5. I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes.
2. When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.
3. Round one of his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with bloodstains.
4. The letter which had been the messenger of death for Milverton lay, all mottled with his blood, upon the table.
5. I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MOTTLE
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mottle
v. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
v. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 Ahead of them, a long way off, a range of hills stained by mottlings of black forest flowed away in round white curves against the sky.
2 He held out his hand as he spoke, and I noticed that it was all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster, and discoloured with strong acids.
3 Sir," said the butler, turning to a sort of mottled pallor, "that thing was not my master, and there's the truth.
4 Round one of his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with bloodstains.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
5 Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the sinking sun.
6 Our wagonette had topped a rise and in front of us rose the huge expanse of the moor, mottled with gnarled and craggy cairns and tors.
7 I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
8 I was on some sort of a heathy common mottled over with dark clumps of furze-bushes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
9 He spun round with a scream and fell upon his back, his hideous red face turning suddenly to a dreadful mottled pallor.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
10 The letter which had been the messenger of death for Milverton lay, all mottled with his blood, upon the table.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
11 The mottled wise old eyes saw deeply, saw clearly, with the directness of the savage and the child, undeterred by conscience when danger threatened her pet.
12 The pale bark of the poplar sticks was mottled with lichens of sage-green and dusty gray; the newly sawed ends were fresh-colored, with the agreeable roughness of a woolen muffler.
13 Dropping his spade, he thrust both hands in, and drew out handfuls of something that looked like ripe Windsor soap, or rich mottled old cheese; very unctuous and savory withal.
14 As its name imports, it is of an exceedingly rich, mottled tint, with a bestreaked snowy and golden ground, dotted with spots of the deepest crimson and purple.
15 The mottled, pin-headed guinea-hens, always resentful of captivity, ran screeching out into the tunnel and tried to poke their ugly, painted faces through the snow walls.
Example Sentence:
1 When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.