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Recent Examples of 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
But despite the gaping hole at its center, the composition clearly depicts a harbor scene with boats and buildings set against a streaked white and blue sky.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
The method yields images that are streaked and cracked, with surfaces that are alternately riven and raised.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
At Lever House, the plaza pavers were pitted and smashed, travertine was streaked, glass walls had clouded, and steel panels looked like they’d been used for slingshot practice.
—Curbed, 9 June 2023
The pictures in the first set, shot outside under cloud-streaked skies, tend to be more expansive.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
The setting was a streaked, bulbous frozen face on the fractured lower section of the Glacier du Tour, the northernmost ice sheet in the French portion of the Mont Blanc massif.
—Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
The streaked grime — melting snow — characteristic of the bricks of Chicago in winter in winter, can be seen here even on the faces.
—Kathleen Rooney, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
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
But despite the gaping hole at its center, the composition clearly depicts a harbor scene with boats and buildings set against a streaked white and blue sky.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
The method yields images that are streaked and cracked, with surfaces that are alternately riven and raised.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
At Lever House, the plaza pavers were pitted and smashed, travertine was streaked, glass walls had clouded, and steel panels looked like they’d been used for slingshot practice.
—Curbed, 9 June 2023
The pictures in the first set, shot outside under cloud-streaked skies, tend to be more expansive.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
The setting was a streaked, bulbous frozen face on the fractured lower section of the Glacier du Tour, the northernmost ice sheet in the French portion of the Mont Blanc massif.
—Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
The streaked grime — melting snow — characteristic of the bricks of Chicago in winter in winter, can be seen here even on the faces.
—Kathleen Rooney, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for streaked
striped
Adjective
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The talk show host is dressed in a colorful striped shirt with a black blazer and black pants, while Saint John rocks a fashionable white dress with black polka dots.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Researchers from the San Francisco Estuary Institute found the chemicals in striped bass, largemouth bass, leopard shark, white croaker, white sturgeon and other fish collected between 2009 and 2019 throughout San Francisco Bay.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
20 May 2025
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“Streaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streaked. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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