Patters

She treats the cups 'interiors so that tea-stains build up more in patters she lays down -- the more tea you drink, the more pronounced the stain-patterns become. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It grows cloudy and threatening, rain patters slightly. ❋ B. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu (1920)

– ‘Tis a dreary night – the rain patters dismally against the panes – ‘tis a night for such a task – I’ll in and attempt to infuse the spark of life. ❋ Unknown (1823)

Obama made a “weather here/weather there” comparison to specifically note the speciousness, and then went on to address the issue of trends of which certain types of weather patters are an exemplar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not true, they didn't "evesdrop," data mining to locate calling patters to targeted numbers (i.e. terrorists outside this country), then got warrants based on the call patterns before tapping any conversation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There's too many 'patters' out there too, a change would be great since I get confused very easily! ❋ Jeff (2009)

The colors of these spaces alternate between dark and light, making a checkerboard patters across the playing surface. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wait ... if we can build robo-patters, maybe we could build them to look like George Clooney! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our colleague David Wilson points out a similar polling divide in the Delaware Senate race and there are likely similar patters lurking elsewhere. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Repeatedly throughout history, the artist introduces symbols and icons that in retrospect prove to have been an avant garde for the thought patters of a scientific age not yet born. ❋ Kimberly Brooks (2012)

They are usually identified through its colors, marking, patters and scale variations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Vieri finishes tracing the patters a third time – and deep within the room before them there is a sonorous clang – like the tolling of a large bell. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most exciting of all, one of my lunch bag patters will be included in a craft book that will be released in July 2010. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"It is a pat on the back and a knowing smile to those who gave the finger to the back-patters and knowing-smilers." ❋ SVGL (2009)