How To Use Dappled In A Sentence

Many dictionaries of Neapolitan dialect from the late eighteenth century onward tell us that pizza, at its simplest, was merely a generic word for all kinds of pies, and for what would be called focaccia or schiacciata elsewhere in Italy, that is, a flat piece of dough dappled with fat or oil and cooked quickly in a hot oven. Delizia!
The woodland floor is dappled with sunlight, which makes it difficult to tell what is a mushroom and what is just a dead leaf.
Can you see high hills dappled in snow from your apartment or damp basement flat?
The evening sunlight dappled through the leaves, casting shards of light onto the bridle paths.
In Kentucky, the plant is often associated with azaleas, mountain laurels and bellworts under the dappled shade of birch trees.

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. March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
There are other most beautiful horses, particularly a dappled jennet, which is ridden by a figure that has all the body covered with scales after the manner of a fish; which is copied from the Column of Trajan, wherein the figures have armour of that kind; and it is thought that such armour is made from the skins of crocodiles. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo
This section of the highway cuts through the island's rough interior, offering travelers views of stark rocky mountains, shady eucalyptus groves around gurgling streams, and the omnipresent tan-and-green-dappled shrublands Italians refer to as Mediterranean macchia. Enjoy the Ride
Nestled among shimmering aspens and cottonwoods on 3 secluded, wildflower-dappled acres, this hand-hewn log home serves up a feast for the eyes.
Behind layers of trees, women in vivid colours walked through dappled light. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
Conceived as a manmade forest dappled by sunlight, the galleria's laminated timber structure (a material previously prohibited by Ontario's building code) has a distinctly arboreal quality.
Along the edge of the forest, still far away and tiny, their horses, a black gelding and a dappled gray mare, picked their way downslope, followed by a string of mules.
The dappled sunlight fell across her face as she lay beneath the tree.
They'll do well in sun, or light or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
Through the arch of dappled leaves, Anna could only just glimpse a turreted house with an imposing stone facade. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
The raintrees provided a cover of dappled sunlight for guests as they quaffed jam and scones with a cup of tea served in pannikins by women in pinafores and lace caps, all in aid of the 125th anniversary of the Territory's first homestead.
Swinging gently in my hammock, gazing out through the dappled veil of my mosquito net, I watch a magical scene.
The raintrees provided a cover of dappled sunlight for guests as they quaffed jam and scones with a cup of tea served in pannikins by women in pinafores and lace caps, all in aid of the 125th anniversary of the Territory's first homestead.
A useful bushy deciduous shrub reaching 3m, it grows in sun or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
A jewfish, six feet long and easily three hundred pounds, his blotchy hide mimicking the sun-dappled rock, pouting lower lip thick as Anna's wrist, lay without moving beneath an overhang of a coral-covered rock less than half his size, his wee fish brain assuring him he was hidden. Excerpt: Flashback by Nevada Barr
Multiple strips of horizontal glazing give fascinating dappled light within.
The number of black bulls was one-quarter plus one-fifth the dappled bulls plus the brown bulls.
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. A valuable tool or a waste of $9.99?? « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
Enjoy the silvery catkins in full sun or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
Nam's yard sat soft-lit under a few swinging lanterns amid dappled shade from the trees.
Isaac pulled on the leather reins and the dappled horse snorted and came to a halt.
The foliage is quite light so it lets the sun through and gives you that special dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
Dappled by the fluid, playful light reflected from the canal below the vast leaded windows, a uniformed maid deals with sheaves of dead foliage from a small copse of indoor plants.
Its variations in height, pitch, and transparency make the roofline a canopy that casts a dappled light on the forest floor.
She stepped out into the dappled sunshine, her heels impressively vertiginous. Times, Sunday Times
The silvery moonlight dappled Luka's skin like sunlight, bleaching it to a state of porcelain perfection.
To the dappled grays used by Mlle. Zaretti, who was a top-liner on the bills, fell the lot of pulling the ticket-wagon, this being the lightest work. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle
The path was dappled with sunlight.
The mural's figures, which appear in silhouette under rays of dappled sunlight, have faded badly.
Plant this hardy shrub in full sun or dappled shade and enjoy the early spring blossom from March to May. Times, Sunday Times
The morning light fell upon him, dappled as it was by the trees that overarched us, and revealed the full horror of what he had suffered.
Behind us, fair, light-smitten hills in dappled splendor lie, The Watchman and Other Poems
Keep plants in a fairly shaded place (full shade for half the day or dappled shade all day).
The cool avenues and glades of sun-dappled green were gone, stolen by the seasons, repainted by nature's hand into a landscape of golds and yellows and siennas and reds.
It's easier if you have dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
A canopy of high branches covers much of the space in dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
They like living in the dappled shade of taller trees.
Behind layers of trees, women in vivid colours walked through dappled light. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
The sound of undulation dappled with the scriptures of the sun. My House In The Middle Of The Ocean
As the rough and rocky road went up through the trees, out of the valley, it was dappled by sudden sunlight.
They'll do fine in dappled shade but the more sun they get the more the sugars in the leaf will build to trigger an autumn display. Times, Sunday Times
That means also that the world round them has again returned to the Greek conviction, that all nature, especially human nature, is not entirely melodious nor luminous; but a barred and broken thing: that saints have their foibles, sinners their forces; that the most luminous virtue is often only a flash, and the blackest-looking fault is sometimes only a stain: and, without confusing in the least black with white, they can forgive, or even take delight in things that are like the [Greek: nebris], dappled. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870
The surrounding hills and mountains, rising 350 feet from the Raritan River Valley below, were dappled in reds and yellows and browns, lighted in places by rays of sunlight penetrating tall grey cumulous clouds. The Tower [Fiction]
Behind stone walls dripping with clematis, a crabapple's toss away from what he called a "muddle" of windblown daisies, beneath the dappled shade of a weeping beech tree, a ruddy-cheeked Englishman, dressed in a gently rumpled olive suit, sat with a sketch pad spread across his lap. The Seattle Times
In a few moments both were sleeping in the dappled shade.
Around them dappled sunlight, birdsong and the whirr of busy wings.
Turning his attention to his more immediate surroundings, White found that he was seated on a very soft fur skin of some sort - a dappled pattern of lights and darks.
While the shadows dappled their backs they strolled deeper into the forest, voices lost in the chitter of insects. RUSHING TO PARADISE
He sat by the water, staring at his reflecting in the moonlit dappled water.
We lie in dappled shade amidst cawing crows, wave sound, a sprinkler playing on the short grass.
They do better if they spend the summer outdoors growing in a cool spot with dappled shade. The Sun
Rather, the worn organic colors of the ancient earth and stone of which the city is composed, the colors of limestone, the ruddy gray of tufa, the warm discoloration of once-white marble and the speckled, rich surface of the marble known as pavonazzo, dappled with white spots and inclusions like the fat in a slice of mortadella. The Forever City
Sunlight coming through the trees dappled her skin with golden spots as the wind rustled the leaves.
The statue was dappled with light from a stained-glass window.
They relax until it's time for lunch, after which they find some dappled shade and go back to sleep again. Times, Sunday Times
A light, feathery plant for dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
The floor was dappled with pale moonlight.
An early morning jogger whizzes past under the dappled sunlight as the street dog barks somewhere round the corner.
The grounds were dappled with crepe myrtles, palmettos, azaleas, here and there a tall loblolly pine. THE HUNDREDTH MAN
We are left by and large with randomness, the "pied beauty" that Gerard Manley Hopkins refers to in his poem of that name, which praises "dappledness": "swift, slow; adazzle, dim. The Marvel of Marfa
We spot my grandmother's purple dress, outlined in pale, dappled moonlight, moving about.
Now, she considered, looking around the sun? dappled den, where would I hide if I were a tin of special to-bacco? The Metrognome and Other Stories
A ripe minty, skunky odor exudes from his velvety dappled coat. Houston Chronicle
Plant soft-leaved species, susceptible to sun-scorch, in dappled shade.
The sky appeared dappled with many-hued dots.
The stamping rhythms still stamp away, but they do so with dappled colours and an unusually light, lithe gait. Times, Sunday Times
The stamping rhythms still stamp away, but they do so with dappled colours and an unusually light, lithe gait. Times, Sunday Times
It prefers heavy neutral to lime soils and dappled shade. The Sun
The number of black cows was one-quarter plus one-fifth the total of the dappled.
A canopy of high branches covers much of the space in dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
In general, gardenias prefer either morning sun and afternoon shade or dappled sunlight all day.
A light, feathery plant for dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
Plant this hardy shrub in full sun or dappled shade and enjoy the early spring blossom from March to May. Times, Sunday Times
But it does best in the dappled shade you get under shrubs or woodland trees.
The road wends its way queasily from valley to valley, dipping and rising through dappled woodland.
Vermeer's paintings come to life in the dappled light of wintry landscapes and the dusty darkness of candlelit interiors.
The little party of four stood in its dappled shade by the fallen ruins of a mossy old hut, left long ago by some forgotten cottar. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
But you would no sooner use the word "dappled" of this place than you would come here to read a love letter. In search of the real Philip Larkin
In one of my gardens, in the dappled shade of oak trees, I have placed a pair of them either side of a wooden picket gate, where they are a delight each spring.
Their bodies are slender and dappled with brown or black spots on a gray background.
Is it under deciduous trees, so the light is dappled in summer, but the ground dry? Times, Sunday Times
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Ah, the golden, sun-dappled world of boyhood in our lost Edwardian age!
He plunged into the brush, and emerged a few minutes later leading two horses, one a grey gelding and the other a dappled mare.
Careful use of light and shade is vital for the feel of dappled woodland light. Learn to Draw Countryside
And then she turned, began to walk away from the priory, under the leafy, rustling clouds of autumn oak and dappled elm. HERE BE DRAGONS
Plant this hardy shrub in full sun or dappled shade and enjoy the early spring blossom from March to May. Times, Sunday Times
A useful bushy deciduous shrub reaching 3m, it grows in sun or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
Everywhere the wide-spreading branches of giant ancient trees create havens of dappled light.
Her hair had come loose from its braid and red marks dappled her chest.
As the morning passed, and the sun rose higher in the sky, dappled rays of sunlight filtered through the dense canopy of the jungle, creating dancing patterns on the floor.
It prefers heavy neutral to lime soils and dappled shade. The Sun
Plant in full sun or light dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
The obstacles include boulders and small trees that are not easy to see in the gloomy dappled light beneath the trees. Times, Sunday Times
The contemporary uncluttered interiors would not look out of place in our islands despite their lack of dappled sunshine and dense foliage. Times, Sunday Times
He fits the description of a Romantic Poet perfectly, wandering dazed by nature and inactivity through sun-dappled fields, his sad eyes melting before the passionate couplets forming in the wellspring of his engorged imagination.
O Thebes, nurse of Semele! crown thyself with ivy; burst forth, burst forth with blossoms fair of green convolvulus, and with the boughs of oak and pine join in the Bacchic revelry; dor; - thy coat of dappled fawn-skin, decking it with tufts of silvered hair; with reverent hand the sportive wand now wield. The Bacchantes
I woke in dappled shade to the sound of laughter and splashing water. A Time to Every Purpose « A Fly in Amber
The red is gaillardia ‘Burgundy’, the whitish is dappled willow, salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’ , yellow leafed caryopteris ‘Worcester Gold’, and just starting to bloom at the rock edge, veronica ‘Royal Candles’. First Lilium and Other Tidbits « Fairegarden
Plant in full sun or light dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
Everything is untoned, dropped, dappled with stretchmarks and cellulite. Times, Sunday Times
Everything is untoned, dropped, dappled with stretchmarks and cellulite. Times, Sunday Times
They prefer dappled shade and can grow in fairly dry soils. The Sun
Keep the pots in dappled shade at all times so that the compost and bulbs do not get too hot or they will fail to produce flowers. The Sun
It's easier if you have dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
The child's eye recalls the dappled light on the Solent, the blue water off the southern coast of England in May. ɘloЯ
The head groom lent him a large, strong, dappled grey cob named Trojan.
Blueberries look great in dappled shade, whereas an evergreen grevillea would be ideal in full sun on well-drained soil. Times, Sunday Times
It's easier if you have dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
About them lay long launds of green grass dappled with celandine and anemones, white and blue, now folded for sleep; and there were acres populous with the leaves of woodland hyacinths: already their sleek bell-stems were thrusting through the mould. The power of spring flowers
I was forced to study Hopkins for English A level several years ago and hated it - I need a "dappled" room 'This is the worst.'
They like heavy, neutral to alkaline soil in dappled shade sheltered from cold winds.
While the shadows dappled their backs they strolled deeper into the forest, voices lost in the chitter of insects. RUSHING TO PARADISE
For a while, the glassy surface was dappled gold and orange before the dying sun completed its journey, leaving me to the thickening darkness. Times, Sunday Times
Everything is untoned, dropped, dappled with stretchmarks and cellulite. Times, Sunday Times
Big white patches underneath make it blend in with the dappled surface. Times, Sunday Times
A useful bushy deciduous shrub reaching 3m, it grows in sun or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
This territory is the birthplace of Southworth's latest song cycle, a soulful and finely crafted record that exudes a skewed kind of warmth and charisma, sun-dappled and winsome, era-less and placeless.
Dappled shade is formed by deciduous trees, and shade plants such as epimedium, anemone, trillium, and a variety of bulbs thrive in this type of shade.
They all sit on the dirt in the dappled shade of a tree.
Cannock has a fantastic network of bike trails, to suit everyone from the technical cross-country rider to those who just fancy a relaxed pedal in dappled shade (07951 135506, chasetrails. co.uk; mountain bike hire from £20 for three hours, bikechase. co.uk). Just get physical: active days out in Britain
Minter's erotic imagery zooms in on a succulently wet, red lip, a dappled, sequined eye, or a silverized stiletto splashing in the mud. Beauty Snob - Beauty Secrets and Tips
The windswept Yorkshire hills, the terraced houses, dappled woods and shadowy interiors, help convey a warm summer languor.
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. The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation
The dappled night shadows, the inky blue trees sway lightly in the breeze.
Deer, now busy with their young, didn't mind the quiet rest in dappled shadow.
Keep the pots in dappled shade at all times so that the compost and bulbs do not get too hot or they will fail to produce flowers. The Sun
The combination of shade and dappled sunlight encourages people to stop and enjoy a cool, quiet respite from a busy day.
The roof was only a meter above his head and was dappled with some kind of webbed moss. The Legacy of Heorot
Big white patches underneath make it blend in with the dappled surface. Times, Sunday Times
They relax until it's time for lunch, after which they find some dappled shade and go back to sleep again. Times, Sunday Times
Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails. CHAPTER XV
Through the windows, the college is dappled by the warm early-November sunlight.
His short beard was dappled with pale grey and his hair too, was the colour of granite in snow.
The path was dappled with sunlight.
From a high dune vantage point one can only look in awe at the purple dappled carpet spread out below.
The foliage is quite light so it lets the sun through and gives you that special dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
Which is apparently why, on a chilly autumnal afternoon, I am mincing through a dappled forest clearing with no shoes or socks on.
He looked up to see a richly garbed carriage rumbling slowly and carefully toward him drawn by two dappled horses.
Now instead of the dappled shade of an old oak outside their front door, the Beagles have a weathered brick patio on which 24 neatly trimmed boxwood globes seem to swirl in a beautifully choreographed shrubbery ballet.
There were groves of trees and the fresh green shade dappled with the strong sun outside raised her spirits.
In my mind's eye, I amble gently through a dappled forest.
For the waterfall fan there was a six-foot dribble, and a good walk finished in dappled sunlight and the hum of large hoverflies.
Kipling's idea was that the leopard was given his spots so he could lurk unnoticed in the dappled shade of the forests. Times, Sunday Times
A patchwork of hedgerowed fields grazed by Friesian cows swept down from the house to a marshy buttercup-dappled plateau below, where the river ran beside the railway track.
They prefer dappled shade and can grow in fairly dry soils. The Sun
They'll do well in sun, or light or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
The worry that you should be strolling hand-in-hand through dappled light with a near-stranger you met in the park, enjoying a screamingly new relationship, complete with love bites. End of an era
By and large, roses are for open situations and full sun, not dappled sunlight or shade.
Lighting in these environments presents a twofold problem: The canopy of treetops makes it dim, and it is almost always dappled and contrasty.
Partial or dappled shade and soil enriched with plenty of leaf mould suits them best.
They'll do well in sun, or light or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times
I've seen one painted in stripes of palest pastel rainbow colours, which looked wonderful under the dappled shade of a tree at the bottom of the garden.
In their native habitat they grow in dappled light.
Use shade-tolerant varieties in areas with dappled shade or part sun.
On Nunnwood -- the sole remnant of antique British forest in a region whose lowlands were once all sylvan chase, as its highlands were breast-deep heather -- slept the shadow of a cloud; the distant hills were dappled, the horizon was shaded and tinted like mother-of-pearl; silvery blues, soft purples, evanescent greens and rose-shades, all melting into fleeces of white cloud, pure as azury snow, allured the eye with a remote glimpse of heaven's foundations. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6
Broadly speaking, the sound is acoustic guitar folk dappled with strings and effects. The Sun
As the shark passed by, shafts of sunlight dappled its long, greyish-brown flanks.
Holiday recipes should be easy, and the eating enjoyed in the dappled shade of trees. Times, Sunday Times
There was much talk of shady dells with dappled sunlight, satin sheets and rose petals, fluffy bunnies, tissues, anything that might make the deal sound sweet to both parties.
It prefers heavy neutral to lime soils and dappled shade. The Sun
Average warmth and dappled shade away from direct sunlight in the summer. The Sun
In an open gallery, massive tribal deities loom under the shafts of dappled evening light.
The sun shining through the leaves dappled the ground.
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. Rilla of Ingleside
The round tables are covered with white tablecloths under dappled sunlight.
The road wends queasily from valley to valley, dipping and rising through dappled woodland.
With all the amply portioned and sun-dappled pleasure going around, fair play as defined by screenwriting manuals hardly seems a pressing issue.
The pile of fur we glimpsed through our binoculars was a sleek jumble of six or eight African painted wolves - a.k.a. the African wild dog - lying just 10 yards away in the dappled shade under the low-hanging scrub trees. ABC News: Top Stories
The photograph was full of dappled light and shade, and I wanted to capture it, so my sketch was very busy, like one of those old paint-by-numbers kits.
Keep the pots in dappled shade at all times so that the compost and bulbs do not get too hot or they will fail to produce flowers. The Sun
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In summer their dappled shade doesn't overwhelm lawns and plants around them, and in winter, the bark is mottled.
Emily sits in a stream, covered by a half-submerged parachute, illuminated by dappled light coming through a tree.
and here is some beautiful cosmos today in the woods, I closed my eyes, and still I could experience that dappledness of sun-then shadow-then sun-then shadow as I walked. Babydoll
She looked at the gently flowing stream at her feet, watching the dappled sunlight wink upon the water.
Slats close to the building will cast dappled shade, while the tree is drawn into the composition by the well-detailed pergola.
The dappled sunlight fell across her face as she lay beneath the tree.
They'll do fine in dappled shade but the more sun they get the more the sugars in the leaf will build to trigger an autumn display. Times, Sunday Times
Linguine with clams by Sybil KapoorAs my memories of walking through ancient olive groves high up on the Ligurian cliffs of Italy begin to fade, I decide to try to recapture the sparkling blue sea and dappled walks by cooking linguine alle vongole for supper. Cooking up holiday memories
Vermeer's paintings come to life in the dappled light of wintry landscapes and the dusty darkness of candlelit interiors.
Shafts of sunlight filter through the trees to throw dappled reflections on the mossy boulders.
Careful use of light and shade is vital for the feel of dappled woodland light. Learn to Draw Countryside
Holiday recipes should be easy, and the eating enjoyed in the dappled shade of trees. Times, Sunday Times
The film is dappled with the sunlight of lost childhood, countered by an ironic wit. Times, Sunday Times
They all sit on the dirt in the dappled shade of a tree.
Central Park was dappled in red, russet, and gold.
For a while, the glassy surface was dappled gold and orange before the dying sun completed its journey, leaving me to the thickening darkness. Times, Sunday Times
In the dappled light, woven flax fans became fish and hanging strips of polythene were swaying palm trees, reeds or bamboo.
See, the front half of the horse was simply white with black spots on its dappled middle, and her hindquarters and hind legs were jet black.
I'm going for Astilbe, Hosta, Iris and Primula, with a small acer to add dappled shade.
Reminding me of an animated daffodil, a male brimstone butterfly flits through the sun-dappled shade.
It prefers heavy neutral to lime soils and dappled shade. The Sun
Whoo, whoo,-we would yell from the dappled forest floor into the cool green treetops where the jays chattered.
Enjoy the silvery catkins in full sun or dappled shade. Times, Sunday Times

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