Dappled

I grab my bowl, that Mary had added a heap of cilantro, Parmesan and cabbage, and wander over to the table with the window view of the fog-draped, rain dappled, slow-moving Milwaukee River taking its sorry-ass time through the warehouse district on its way to Lake Michigan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I woke in dappled shade to the sound of laughter and splashing water. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She had great, dreamy, hazel eyes, a milky skin dappled with little golden freckles, and delicately arched eyebrows, giving her a demure, questioning look which made people, especially lads in their teens, want to answer it. ❋ Lucy Maud (1921)

Behind us, fair, light-smitten hills in dappled splendor lie, ❋ Lucy Maud (1916)

Dappled sun/dappled shade: Similar to partial sun, the term dappled refers to sunlight that is filtered overhead by the leaves and branches of a tree or other tall planting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The child's eye recalls the dappled light on the Solent, the blue water off the southern coast of England in May. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But you would no sooner use the word "dappled" of this place than you would come here to read a love letter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was forced to study Hopkins for English A level several years ago and hated it - I need a "dappled" room ❋ Newmania (2007)

The Minnow hath, when he is in perfect season, and not sick, which is only presently after spawning, a kind of dappled or waved colour, like to a panther, on its sides, inclining to a greenish or sky-colour; his belly being milk white; and his back almost black or blackish. ❋ Unknown (1653)

An ideal climate might be one that featured torrential tropical rainstorms, followed by intense heat and humidity; and since orchids in the wild tend to grow on the sides of things like trees, that also means dappled rather than direct sunlight. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2012)

Girouard's eye is alert to drama, whether found in the dappled water of Venice's Grand Canal or a jungle of Tokyo advertising or San Francisco's contour-defying street grid. ❋ Simon Jenkins (2011)

Ahead through the glass stand our woods going bare — pine needles, dappled ground, color smearing the air. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On Oct. 5, a video was posted to YouTube: A white horse skitters through the bushes in a sun-dappled forest. ❋ Melissa Bell (2010)

Above all, Mr. Freud was the chronicler of skin in all its variety, from a lovely dappled gamine to his mother, drawn and sallow in the hours after her death. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

To take the prize for best purple prose, Mike Pedersen of North Berwick, Maine, relied on a thesaurus'-worth of synonyms:"As his small boat scudded before a brisk breeze under a sapphire sky dappled with cerulean clouds with indigo bases, through cobalt seas that deepened to navy nearer the boat and faded to azure at the horizon, Ian was at a loss as to why he felt blue." ❋ Unknown (2011)

I began the day with a pin-dappled 200 mile itinerary and ended up about fifty miles short -- not too bad. ❋ Steve Poses (2010)

His skin was silver, dappled in moonlight and shadows, a mastery of long lines and pale musculature rising and falling with each hurried breath. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

Trees lined the boulevards, casting dappled shadows in the morning light. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The horses (dappled greys) are to be stabled at Whitehall, and the coach (japanned black lacquer with lots of gold trim—gaudy) brought round to her special entrance when she has use of it. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

"Hey let's [dress up] that apple with [a top] hat and [monocle],we'll call it a dapple" ❋ Gingah Owl (2013)

[Dap]: Positive recognition. Apple: Fruit and or [Apple computer] brand. (Rarely, but at times you may use [Chris Martin's] (Lead singer of Coldplay)daughter "Apple" as well when giving "[dap]".) Example: Dude, you got the new iPhone, wow gimmie some Dapples! LOLz. ❋ FooBrite (2007)

"Hey [just checking] in, we still on for [Saturday]?" He [asked] "Dapples" she replied ❋ Jiiimy (2021)

An animal whose coat is [marked] with [patches] or [spots]. (Dapple) ❋ TimothyFaggot (2010)

I love [Kathy's] [dappled] [body]. ❋ Deep Blue 2012 (2009)

"He is [well fit]" "Nah, he's [dappled]. I wouldn't touch him with a [bargepole]" ❋ Pseudo999 (2009)

"I [got back] together with my boyfriend. When I discovered his actions weren't [malicious]. He was just being a [dapple retard]" ❋ Gypsyfire (2011)

*Switch Inward Heelflip* "Well [yapple-dapple]!" *Tony Hawk does a 900* "Well [yapple] [dapple]!" Really the only way to use the word. ❋ N0m0refliptricks!!1 (2011)

1. I got a [dappled ride] for [tonight]. 2. [Look at that] hot dappled ride. ❋ Deep Blue 2012 (2009)

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...[BLAST OFF]! [now] [thats] a Dapple Bomber! ❋ Wtf Wth Bish (2010)