How to Use in patches in a Sentence

in patches

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• Yet even at the start of June, snow may still persist in patches, and the soil may remain chilly or even frozen.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
• Broil for 7–9 minutes near the top of the oven, until the cheese is bubbling and browned in patches.
  — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2022
• In long-standing infections, hair may fall out in patches, and the skin may appear red and inflamed.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
• Common signs of psoriasis include dry, thick, and raised skin that appear in patches.
  — Joelle Smith, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2023
• Sand verbena spreads in patches of deep violet, while clusters of brown-eyed primrose dot sandy washes.
  — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
• This condition happens when the skin loses its natural color in patches.
  — Sarah Fielding, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• The fish were captured both near the surface (notably smelt) and, more frequently, on the seafloor, lurking in patches of vegetation.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2023
• Carried down slopes by submarine landslips, plastic objects accumulate in patches in the deep.
  — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2021
• One of them pointed to a Barbie with vitiligo, a condition that causes loss of pigmentation in patches on the skin.
  — Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
• In humans, leucism typically manifests itself in patches of white hair and lighter skin, Beckmen said.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
• The researchers applied worm larvae in patches on the subjects’ arms; after passing through the skin, the worms would travel through the blood stream, to the lungs and then to the small intestine.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
• Alligators can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, marshes, swamps and ponds across North Carolina, but most are located in patches along the coast.
  — Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
• It was hoped these new images and experiments conducted during the flyby would shed light on whether the magma is distributed in patches or globally.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
• Causes Psoriasis occurs when the immune system malfunctions, causing skin cells to grow too quickly and pile up in patches.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
• The way the villagers cut down trees, in patches that look like Swiss cheese from above, created edges of disturbed forest where humans and infected animals could collide.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2023
• Trying to sleep, in patches, the wife crossed a rushing stream on stepping stones that were unsteady beneath her feet; below them, in the water, swarms of small dark sluglike creatures waited for her bare feet to slip.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• In addition to wearing masks and shields, authorities say the group was also dressed in patches and hats with the Patriot Front insignia and logos.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2022
• Vitiligo, a disease that causes loss of pigment in patches of the skin, is an autoimmune disease that’s believed to affect around 1% of the population.
  — Nicole Pajer, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
• The century-old cobblestone streets have been preserved in patches as decoration, and string lights are already in place to illuminate late night gatherings.
  — Zachary Hansen, ajc, 23 Sep. 2022
• Alopecia could result in patches of hair loss, hair loss on all hair of the scalp, or in rarer cases, complete hair loss on the entire body, according to the NIH.
  — Omar Abdel-Baqui, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
• In the past, scientists believed molten melt existed in patches, but the new findings reveal the global extent of the molten layer and its relationship to plate tectonics.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023
• If the actual burn pattern is in patches, hopping between tree stands while leaving other clusters untouched, that would better facilitate wildlife's return.
  — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
• Black bearded sakis, which sport unique looking twin bulges of hair on their heads and bushy beards, changed their habits and life history in patches of fragmented forest that were relatively small compared to sakis in larger tracts of land.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022
• Until recently, China's entries in the realm of spaceflight patches often lacked the originality found in patches from the West.
  — ArsTechnica, 17 May 2025
• Researchers have found that when people cut trees in patches, leaving the landscape dotted with holes like Swiss cheese, that creates more pockets and edges where humans and infected animals can collide.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2023
• Because of the cold air and stable winds, there is a slight chance for some morning fog in patches of Napa and Sonoma counties, including Healdsburg and Guerneville.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2023
• Even though swamp land near the equator was rapidly drying up during the Permian Period, swamps and lakes possibly remained in patches alongside ice and glaciers closer to the poles.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
• Waiting on site with her daughter Brooklyn in patches of snow on the runway, Iworrigan captured the plane's landing, with her adorable daughter reuniting with the adventurous pup.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• With apple and pear season in full swing, pumpkins plump in patches and fresh cider flowing from the taps, the Hood River Fruit Loop still has a lot to offer even now, at the tail end of the harvest season.
  — oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2022
• With temperatures rising to around 32 degrees in the afternoon before diving below freezing later in the day, the morning snow could melt and refreeze in patches, creating additional travel hazards.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026