polychromed

past tense of polychrome

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for polychromed
Verb
  • The Illinois skies are mottled.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bee mushroom, which is hairy and striped like a bee, turns Mario into bee Mario, who can fly and climb on sticky honey walls.
    Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The reversible design — solid on one side and subtly striped on the other — adds just the right amount of texture to any space.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Swathes of social media stars, including sessions with Twitch streamers, sports influencers and heads of digital media studios, speckled the lineup with talks on how to do creator content right.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Created by James Beard Award winner and Bottega’s former pastry chef, Dolester Miles, the cake itself is speckled with ground pecans, which add texture and sweetness, which are brushed with simple syrup.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Behind Timm was her unassuming garden, flecked with tall grasses and native plants of all sizes – a quiet haven alive with color, movement and purpose.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Éclairs with glossy chocolate tops, macarons in muted pastels that feel like edible architecture, madeleines flecked with salt or spice.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lined up to the left of Mahomes outside of JuJu Smith-Schuster and Travis Kelce, Brown streaked across the field uncovered in part because Kelce drew multiple defenders and in part because of a key read of man defense.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • As New Orleans Saints safety Jordan Howden streaked down the field without a New York Giants player in sight, a familiar feeling set in.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His skeleton is well preserved, his bones dappled with gooey-looking sediment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Dried blood dappled his face, neck and bedsheets.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Swastikas and other graffiti have been daubed on synagogues and other sites, and security has been heightened at Jewish schools.
    Alex Holmes, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers expected the dogs to pay most attention to the cat doll, particularly when daubed with the feline scent.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Polychromed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polychromed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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