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mottled
[ mot-ld ]
adjective
- spotted or blotched in coloring.
mottled
/ ˈmɒtəld /
adjective
- coloured with streaks or blotches of different shades
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- un·mottled adjective
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Example Sentences
I stared at the poisonous mottled binding as I would at a snake.
The rich, mottled tones with which he crafted his portraits are less about creating mood than about rendering pure physicality.
To many of those white-haired and mottled men, the ambassador's six-minute apology and the invitation to visit Japan were insults.
The skin on my face and arms took on a mottled, yellowish appearance, like an old newspaper left out in the sun.
In one instant the mottled-faced gentleman depressed his hand again, and every glass was set down empty.
Saying this, the mottled-faced gentleman rose, as did the other gentlemen.
The cattle here are large and well-shaped, something like our own Lancashire breed, and mottled in colour, though mostly red.
His face was, moreover, mottled with dusky spots, so that he reminded the spectator of a frog or a toad.
Beneath them the cross-bedded sandstone appears, showing a mottled surface of pale-pinkish hue.
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