brindled

variants or brindle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brindled
Adjective
  • Square limestone columns with a wavy, striated design stand between the formal living and dining areas.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 June 2025
  • There’s nothing like catching the cosmos above the Grand Canyon’s striated walls.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • The sauce was an instant hit with the veterans who served as his grizzled daily taste-testers.
    John Tuohy, IndyStar, 11 July 2025
  • Behind the scenes, though, a grizzled Utah staff saw a gem.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.
    Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Then, the plant emits some sort of gas right into Devin’s face, and his mug once again becomes streaked in black.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, everyone’s happiness is denied, which makes for a cautionary critique of the hoary cliché of 1950s repression (the same falsification that was the basis of Todd Haynes’s drab lesbian drama Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara).
    Armond White, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Since Trump is not a Red-baiter, Clooney must adjust his hoary defense of the Democratic Party to fit the left’s new partisanship.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During cold weather the moisture precipitates out of the air onto every branch and willow bush, coating them in a layer of hoar frost.
    Seth Adams, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2023
  • Surface hoar is created when water vapor is deposited on the snow surface, like dew.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • There, with help from her mom, the UC San Diego student applied the finishing touches to her tribal regalia and hair — the latter braided, banded and decorated with real otter skins — in anticipation of the day’s events.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • That $1 raise triggers a $1,000 annual payment spike, highlighting how fragile the GOP’s banded structure can be for borrowers near a threshold.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • If lazing on a sandy beach is a requirement for your summer vacation, away from the overpopulated Mediterranean resorts, Spain has a vast coastline that is not only virtually unspoiled but is also relatively undiscovered by tourists from outside Spain.
    Fiona Govan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
  • The resort is situated near Playa Linda, a mostly undeveloped and clear sandy beach with blue waters and palm trees.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population but are three times more likely to face hunger than white people, according to the Agriculture Department.
    Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
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“Brindled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brindled. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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