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verb

past tense of stipple

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stippled
Adjective
Over a 10-month period, our editors—all with vastly different preferences for coverage, finish, and format—buffed and blended (and swept and stippled) their way through about 650 submissions. Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025 Look for fine webbing and speckled or stippled leaves, which are signs of their presence, says Harvell. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stippled
Adjective
  • Examples include dotted prints, the flat-thong sandal and the color yellow.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • However, satellite and supporting video filmed from a high rise on Al Rashid, a major road that runs through Gaza, shows tent camps remain dotted along the coastal road south of Gaza's port.
    Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These pastries are made from laminated dough, rolled thin, sprinkled with sugar and baked until crisp, golden and flaky.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In 1903 and from 1905 through 1968, baseball’s World Series matched two pennant winners; teams went directly from winning the AL or NL to the championship best-of-seven (with a few best-of-nines sprinkled in).
    Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While diamonds account for the lion’s share of the Terre d’Instinct collection, Messika has also used colored stones for the first time.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For a dose of history and architecture, head straight to the capital, Marigot, for a photo op on Rue de La République in front of the pastel-colored 18th-century colonial buildings.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If a toilet seat is stained, go ahead and buy a replacement.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In his third season in Boulder, coach Deion Sanders continues to lament an issue that ruined his first season and stained his second.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Illinois skies are mottled.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 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
  • Gerwig, 42, returned to Venice in a black dress with a sheer black overlay speckled with glittering flowers.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That’s because very ripe bananas—which are speckled with brown spots or even completely brown—are naturally sweeter than their green or yellow counterparts.
    Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Stippled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stippled. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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