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Meanings of dappled in English

Marked with spots of a different colour.

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Usage of dappled in English
1
The ceiling was dappled with waves of light reflected off the water.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
2
Most are already home or nearly there in the sun-dappled, late afternoon.
The Irish Times
3
A girl sat on the mossy river-bank in the dappled, golden sunlight.
A Man Four-Square
4
A thyrsus in your hand, and the dappled hide of a deer.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
5
We stood and breathed deeply, as light dappled through the snow-speckled pines.
The Guardian
6
If you get a watch tan, it might look a bit dappled.
News.com.au
7
The coyotes vanished into the moonlight-dappled sand as if made of it.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
8
Like I said, it's automatic. VanRensberg's teeth showed through his sweat-dappled beard.
Acts of faith
9
My first impression was of the darkness, the way it was dappled.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
10
A dappled wash of moonlight ebbed and flowed across the forest floor.
Spellwright
11
The trees provided dappled shade for the secluded beach of sandy gravel.
The Land of Painted Caves
12
Under the soft boughs, in the dappled light, she found private sanctuary.
Heaven and the heather
13
The broad river, milk-white under a dappled sky, stretched south and west.
The Mormon Prophet
14
Occupying the dappled shade of an oak were Emma and Miss Peregrine.
Library of Souls
15
Across from far away, like leaves of autumn, skirred the dappled deer.
Henry Brocken / His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange,...
16
Sparks sprinkled about her as inconstant illumination spread over the shadow-dappled snow.
Genellan: planetfall
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common