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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 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
Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden Snow crunches beneath reindeer hooves as Jukkasjärvi wakes to a sky streaked with polar blue.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
At one stop in northwest Illinois, the corn field appeared healthy and green from the roadside, but 30 to 40 steps in, leaves were streaked with rust, leaving crop scouts covered in color.
—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Wes Ganega’s eyes and nostrils flared wide, two veins streaked up his neck, and his fists balled up to hit her back.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Her fingers are now streaked with mud.
—Deborah Levy, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
On June 26, a meteorite streaked across the daytime sky and crash-landed in Atlanta, drawing attention across the US Southeast.
—New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025
The volume got even louder two minutes later, when Jordi Alba, who normally plays on the left, streaked up the right and collected a brilliant through ball from Sergio Busquets and knocked it in to give Inter Miami a 1-0 lead.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
The fiery and destructive reentry created a fireball that streaked across the skies over Spain, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reports.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 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
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 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
Verb
Lightning has streaked across Arizona skies over the past few weeks as the state's monsoon season kicks into full force.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden Snow crunches beneath reindeer hooves as Jukkasjärvi wakes to a sky streaked with polar blue.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
At one stop in northwest Illinois, the corn field appeared healthy and green from the roadside, but 30 to 40 steps in, leaves were streaked with rust, leaving crop scouts covered in color.
—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Wes Ganega’s eyes and nostrils flared wide, two veins streaked up his neck, and his fists balled up to hit her back.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Her fingers are now streaked with mud.
—Deborah Levy, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
On June 26, a meteorite streaked across the daytime sky and crash-landed in Atlanta, drawing attention across the US Southeast.
—New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025
The volume got even louder two minutes later, when Jordi Alba, who normally plays on the left, streaked up the right and collected a brilliant through ball from Sergio Busquets and knocked it in to give Inter Miami a 1-0 lead.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
The fiery and destructive reentry created a fireball that streaked across the skies over Spain, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reports.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for streaked
striped
Adjective
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Julia was dressed in a chic oversized suit (her specialty) and heeled boots and a white striped tie, while Roberts wore a semi-sheer black gown with minimal jewelry.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of versatility in striped bedding.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Streaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streaked. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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