How To Use Patchy In A Sentence

Other areas look drier, although patchy rain or sleet is likely in the far southwest. Times, Sunday Times
Its snouty head, patchy grey body and small pedal fins make the dwarf look more like a large dolphin than a baleen whale.
Other areas look drier, although patchy rain or sleet is likely in the far southwest. Times, Sunday Times
Her lashing tail was half-spotted, half-striped; her clothes overly big and just a little worn and patchy, like hand-me-downs.
He was only partially dressed; his face had the peculiar bulginess of the hard drinker; his eyes were watery and shifty, and several days 'growth of beard, with patchy grey and black spots, gave a stucco effect to his countenance. The Cow Puncher

The West Country is the part of Britain most visited by walkers and nature lovers, but until now they have had to make do with a patchy network of footpaths and coastal walks.
It has been long enough that my memory of the specifics is patchy, but I did like the fact that his journeys felt almost like a variety of short stories strung together with an overall narrative structure, which is something I enjoy. REVIEW: The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
The narrative also jumps between miscellaneous angles and points of view, creating a portrait that is necessarily disjointed and patchy.
On the other side, three stores, then the courthouse -- a cupolaed white frame building set back from the road with a patchy lawn in front -- then four more storefronts, two of them brick. Cold Mountain
Six minutes and a fraction over 20 seconds later, and the British four were contemplating a row of latent promise but patchy quality.
Also, the stuff is never cheap and quality is patchy.
Leaving aside service so patchy it was almost threadbare, I don't like overdone halibut, while Michael wasn't impressed with his corn-fed chicken with pomme Berny and truffle froth.
When you look at it, sift the evidence rather than merely recite the slogans, the evidence is patchy. Times, Sunday Times
The schools are patchy and rubbish disposal is a mess. Times, Sunday Times
It may affect patchy areas or long segments of arteries.
I hope some of the measurements I make will not only assist those looking for the patchy microbe oases, but will also dovetail with my Mars surface research.
Big deals remain patchy and clients continue to put pressure on firms to reduce fees. Times, Sunday Times
We should be aware that the existing collections are patchy.
When you look at it, sift the evidence rather than merely recite the slogans, the evidence is patchy. Times, Sunday Times
Matthew found the service offered by estate agents extremely patchy.
However, new research finds provision by housing associations is patchy and that jobs are even more important in determining whether young people abandon the countryside.
Since then there have been some improvements but the picture remains patchy. Times, Sunday Times
Scrubby coat and trousers, dirty shirt, scarf, and cap, socks more like anklets for holes, and a pair of split boots; bedraggled hat, frowsy jacket, blouse and skirt, squashy boots, and perhaps a patchy "pelerine" or mangy "boa" -- such is accepted as the natural costume for the heirs of all the ages. Essays in Rebellion
Internet banking and cashpoint coverage is patchy and credit card services almost non-existent because of sanctions. Times, Sunday Times
However if there is some warm air located near the ground, some air may rise and form areas of patchy or high cloud.
Australia's patchy 2-1 victory over Thailand last week was unconvincing but in Dammam two goals by Josh Kennedy and a penalty from Luke Wilkshire lifted the Socceroos to the top of Group D.By contrast, Japan's away-match experience was all about toiling for a draw. Lionel Messi inspires Argentina to victory over Nigeria in Dhaka
These spindle cells formed small desmosomes and produced patchy basement membrane.
Beef exports have been patchy since the BSE crisis. Times, Sunday Times
Mozambique's drought is patchy, with some areas enjoying good rainfall or able to use old Portuguese colonial-era irrigation schemes to boost production.
The authors are the first to admit that much of the information is patchy and of variable quality, reflecting the often parlous state of official data.
Take a look at your lawn and write about the patchy areas of crabgrass and bald spots found.
If the rain patchy you might still need to water your really thirsty plants but definitely leave the lavender alone.
I must admit that my knowledge of science is patchy.
His chest X-ray findings and pulmonary function tests demonstrated patchy areas of fibrosis and evidence for restrictive lung disease.
But the pattern is much too patchy, and it is not surprising that so many doctors are unwilling to delegate functions when they are unsure of the skills of the staff to whom they would entrust the care of their patients.
He also had a patchy voting record. Times, Sunday Times
Ringworm of the scalp may start as a small sore that resembles a pimple before becoming patchy, flaky, or scaly.
Thick patchy fog and irresponsible driving were to blame.
'The fact is that growth, although patchy, is still intact, ' said Edward Meir, a senior commodity analyst at MF Global.
Thick patchy fog and irresponsible driving were to blame.
Early in the week, patchy rain will slowly clear southeastwards to allow some drier, brighter weather. Times, Sunday Times
The Sumatran rhino's body is covered in a patchy coat of shaggy hair.
The ductal involvement is frequently patchy, in a pattern similar to the bile duct damage seen in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Imagine a rambling, patchy house, the best part built of gray stone, and red-tiled, a round tower jutting at one of the corners, the mellow darkness of its conical roof surmounted by a weather-cock making an agreeable object either amidst the gleams and greenth of summer or the low-hanging clouds and snowy branches of winter: the ground shady with spreading trees: a great tree flourishing on one side, backward some Daniel Deronda
This overly long melodrama from the Philipines suffers technical flaws like poor dubbing, patchy performances and a meandering narrative.
Temperatures are predicted to be near or just above average, with a plenty of dry, bright weather and the possibility of a colder snap and patchy fog.
The sun has faded the curtains so the colours are rather patchy.
Beef exports have been patchy since the BSE crisis. Times, Sunday Times
The harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus californicus inhabits rocky, intertidal splash pools in a patchy distribution along the west coast of North America. Breaking news about baseball bats
His jaw was parted wide, and a fizzing crackle hummed from within his throat, like the beginning of a patchy radio transmission.
My knowledge of science is patchy.
The surface of the lesions was mostly ulcerated with patchy areas lined by metaplastic squamous epithelium that showed pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia.
Penal law enforcement and its impact on Catholics was highly variegated, and modern scholars have emphasized the patchy and unsystematic way in which the laws had been introduced and enforced in the 18th century.
Many submitters to the Law Commission said that despite the high ability and sensitivity of many people involved in the coronial process, the current system was haphazard, patchy, unsystematic, and inadequate.
It's patchy but polished, and the antics of his bibulously amorous general are most diverting.
To the ugly-American eye it looks like a vast and patchy soccer field, bordered by stockyards, grain silos and the clanging docks of Port au Spain.
The sun has faded the curtains so the colours are rather patchy.
Despite some stalwart work by those at the helm of the second and youth teams, the structures that support them are insubstantial, and the development of the game in the community is patchy at best.
The novel's language is patchy in quality and it is hard to know whether this is the fault of the author or the translator.
Annnnd, he ended up with an entire head of patchy, baldish, hair. Beware The Jabbergum - Her Bad Mother
The next few days look quiet, with cloud spilling southeastwards and patchy rain. Times, Sunday Times
Firms also have a patchy record in administering justice. Times, Sunday Times
The lawn was shin-high, patchy and sere; the trees needed cutting back. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Across from me sit three other men, all bundled up like babies in romper suits and all sporting the same patchy frostbitten face as Scott.
His knowledge of French remained pretty patchy.
The variable pricing and patchy selection are the service's big let-downs, and the legality of what you get is the only up-side of the service that I could find.
The grass was dry and patchy.
Despite the evidence for genetic testing, its rollout across the country is patchy. Times, Sunday Times
Weather forecasters said today would be cloudy with some patchy drizzle throughout the morning.
The church was being given a taste of how the world works - its lopsidedness, its patchy rhythm of muchness and emptiness, of affluence and desolation.
Later, in mature somatic embryos, the CHIA4 - Pa signal became at first limited to small patchy areas localized at the surface of the embryo, and finally declined.
Now, a growing 'precariat' are in and out of unstable low-paid or part-time jobs, with patchy or non-existent contribution records. The Times Literary Supplement
Diane Keaton directs and stars in this patchy comic King Lear about a dying father and his three daughters.
86 mins: Despite the chances and the goal in this second half, it's been very patchy, bitty, stop-start and dreary.
His English is a little patchy, but he catches her meaning and chuckles softly. Times, Sunday Times
The evidence is so patchy that all we can say for sure is that a wet April gives no clues to the weather likely in the summer. Times, Sunday Times
It has many of the trappings of a five-star hotel, but the service can be a bit patchy.
Information on quality of life was patchy, with no common outcome measures.
Matthew found the service offered by estate agents extremely patchy.
Despite a revived interest in Scottish identity in recent years, the teaching of Scottish history is patchy and tokenistic with glaring gaps spanning hundreds of years.
A computed tomographic scan showed a heterogenous tumor with central hyperdensity and patchy calcification.
My knowledge of German is patchy , ie not complete.
The lawn was shin-high, patchy and sere; the trees needed cutting back. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Although the general standard of the rematch was patchy, some games hit new creative heights. Times, Sunday Times
NGC 3521, which is 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, is called a flocculent spiral galaxy because of the patchy, woolly look of its spiral arms. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
His knowledge of French remained pretty patchy.
Old scientific instruments such as aneroid barometers may provide some data but it will be patchy and data quality may be compromised though this can be checked by a suite of measurements on the other atmospheric gases. Potential Academic Misconduct by the Euro Team « Climate Audit
Neighbors with patchy or unmown grass were frowned upon, or worse.
Other areas look drier, although patchy rain or sleet is likely in the far southwest. Times, Sunday Times
I also find after prolonged exposure, my fingers become swollen, tingling and 'blotchy' (uneven colour with patchy redness). Tech Beat - BusinessWeek
Incredibly, the 9300 found strong GPRS signals in areas with only a patchy, or no electricity supply such as Tsunami-hit islands in the south of the country, or by the Burmese border.
Cloudy with some mist and fog and patchy rain in parts. The Sun
On examining the heart there was some patchy areas of scar tissue which may in part be related to old age and partly due to some mild narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply the heart.
Sections showed early patchy bronchopneumonia, centriacinar emphysema, and desquamative interstitial pneumonitis.
I don't care if rain is patchy or scattered or intermittent or coming in from an easterly direction.
Graziers tell stories of good years when the grass is up to their waists, but at the moment, only patchy areas have enough rain to put a nice bit of grass on the ground.
This opening room is so gripping that the show that follows is doomed to feel a tad patchy. Times, Sunday Times
Ultimately phone masts are here to stay as the majority don't want poor or patchy reception.
The collection itself was patchy, weakened by the kind of fabulism and look-at-me rhetorical gimmicks found in books by his coevals Jonathan Lethem and Jonathan Safran Foer. Life With and Without Tradition
Worse, the data that it has collected has been made public in a patchy and unhelpful way. Times, Sunday Times
The outlook for next year looks similarly patchy. Times, Sunday Times
My knowledge of science is patchy.
The mood is buoyant, the banter is sporadic and the outcome is patchy, if not mostly enjoyable.
This opening room is so gripping that the show that follows is doomed to feel a tad patchy. Times, Sunday Times
However, the illustrations are a bit patchy, varying in quality and style.
To the ugly-American eye it looks like a vast and patchy soccer field, bordered by stockyards, grain silos and the clanging docks of Port au Spain.
His accomplishment is all the more remarkable in view of Allied strength, the poor weather, and the patchy quality of his own army.
The patchy raggedness of the moult gave him a somewhat mangy appearance, but by the end of June he was smooth and as lean as a hungry wolf in his summer coat.
Quite a lot of us derive our patchy understanding of globalisation from such well - publicised high jinks.
His knowledge of French remained pretty patchy.
Mesenteric disease on CT scan is seen as a patchy or diffuse increase in density, strands within the mesentery, and a stellate appearance.
Drizzle and patchy fog are forecast.
The local provision of facilities is decidedly patchy.
The treated limb will show patchy areas of pallor caused by arteriolar constriction.
In the cage on his left lived a sycophantish, shrivelled, grey monkey from India who salaamed for tidbits of food; on his right were a troup of patchy buffoons who swung and tumbled about their cage to attract attention. The Complete Stories
There is only patchy evidence of the animal's existence.
I must admit that my knowledge of science is patchy.
The wind was ruffling through her patchy fur and he realised she was as naked as he was, the exposed patches of hide glaringly obvious and peculiar-looking.
The judiciary and police service operate voluntary arrangements for masons in their ranks to reveal their membership, although implementation of the system is patchy.
After the lawn has been scarified it can look patchy and grassless. Times, Sunday Times
Such a formulaic approach to stock picking has a distinctly patchy record. Times, Sunday Times
Religious worship is one theory but the evidence is patchy, especially at smaller sites. Times, Sunday Times
In many rural districts provision was still patchy and enforcement of attendance sporadic.
Gross examination of the liver can reveal patchy white areas scattered on the capsule or cut surface surrounded by hemorrhagic tissue.
The over sowing of old patchy lawn areas can also be tackled at this time.
Trading was patchy, with little discernable pattern. Times, Sunday Times
The schools are patchy and rubbish disposal is a mess. Times, Sunday Times
Six minutes and a fraction over 20 seconds later, and the British four were contemplating a row of latent promise but patchy quality.
Most common finding is bronchopneumonia with patchy air-space areas of increased opacity.
This is his debut album, recently released this side of the pond, and although it is a raw, slightly patchy affair, after a few plays it weaves its intimate spell.
The farmer ripped and mounded by tractor through the patchy salt grasses, then brought lots of spoilt bales of straw down to be rolled out over the really squidgey bit.
On the other side, three stores, then the courthouse — a cupolaed white frame building set back from the road with a patchy lawn in front — then four more storefronts, two of them brick. Cold Mountain
Not in individual stars. produce a multi-armed and patchy spiral structure known as a flocculent spiral. Spirals, Tides, and M51 | Universe Today
When you look at it, sift the evidence rather than merely recite the slogans, the evidence is patchy. Times, Sunday Times
In this case frosts will be patchy as cloud acts as a blanket, helping to keep the night-time temperatures higher.
On the alternative side the evidence was patchy and inconsistent.
He plays funkified soul-blues straight out Texas roadhouses, slightly patchy, earnest, raw and vulnerable.
As the only team not to suffer at least one really poor result throughout the patchy series they must surely secure a place in the semi-finals.
Take a look at your lawn and write about the patchy areas of crabgrass and bald spots found.
Patchy repairs: ‘If windows are draughty, leave them alone - people will know they have to be replaced.’
a patchy essay
Despite the evidence for genetic testing, its rollout across the country is patchy. Times, Sunday Times
This week there should be some sunnier days across the north, with night frosts and patchy freezing fog. Times, Sunday Times
The treated limb will show patchy areas of pallor caused by arteriolar constriction.
The patchy raggedness of the moult gave him a somewhat mangy appearance, but by the end of June he was smooth and as lean as a hungry wolf in his summer coat.
He chunters on about ‘outreach’ schemes - which have been in place for years, with patchy results - to encourage state pupils, and how a cursory glance round hall proves the college is not ‘mono-class’.
The progress from the battlefront was patchy yesterday! The Sun
The piedmont savanna is patchy, varying according to its degree of laterization and pan-development; in places it is marshy overlying rock pavement. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire
The local provision of facilities is decidedly patchy.
It was a patchy but hard rocking lo-budget affair released on tiny indie label Trinity.
This product is for you if you're dry/patchy/agedly thirsty of skin. Times, Sunday Times
This was partly due to the patchy audio quality, but the cast's collective lack of acting ability and a stunted storyline didn't help either.
The jurors also had to contend with the patchy recollection of the two defendants. Times, Sunday Times
Poverty and social degradation breed discontent in certain population groups especially in the ethnically and confessionally patchy states.
The piedmont savanna is patchy, varying according to its degree of laterization and pan-development; in places it is marshy overlying rock pavement. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire
At the moment, watching a streamed film is a patchy experience with frequent interruptions. Times, Sunday Times
Electricity supplies were higher than expected but still patchy. Times, Sunday Times
This patient had a similarly colored bright blue colon and some less intensely stained patchy blue areas in the small intestine.
Prison service resettlement work is patchy; in some cases less than a third of those returning from prison receive support from a statutory agency. Times, Sunday Times
If, after the first cut or two, your lawn looks a bit yellow and patchy, it is probably full of thatch - dead grass and moss - that will give the lawn a spongy feel.
It was featherless, but stood a foot tall on spindly jointed legs; its face was avian but - like the body - fat and dotted with patchy, moulting orange fur.
Patchy repairs: ‘If windows are draughty, leave them alone - people will know they have to be replaced.’
Sunday Rain with sunny spells in the morning, with patchy cloud and rain in the afternoon. Times, Sunday Times
Other areas look drier, although patchy rain or sleet is likely in the far southwest. Times, Sunday Times
There was extensive but patchy acinar atrophy and parenchymal fibrosis, but no evidence of fat necrosis, pseudocyst formation, or calculi.
Their four albums have become progressively more dramatic and eclectic, but they remain a patchy prospect live. Times, Sunday Times
The Paceville district (pronounced ‘Patchyville’), where she will stay, lies on a hill between two bays.
Domestic laws are patchy and unevenly applied in poor countries, and TNCs can avoid prosecution by exploiting the legal separation between parent companies and their subsidiaries.
It was featherless, but stood a foot tall on spindly jointed legs; its face was avian but - like the body - fat and dotted with patchy, moulting orange fur.
I must admit that my knowledge of science is patchy.
Denton, meanwhile, suggests that it's wrong to judge the franchises on their (admittedly patchy) short-term results.
Witnesses and the police estimated that his BMW three-series car was travelling at up to 120 mph in patchy fog without fog lights.
Firms also have a patchy record in administering justice. Times, Sunday Times
The jurors also had to contend with the patchy recollection of the two defendants. Times, Sunday Times
Other galaxies have more chaotic, patchy arms that look like fleece on a sheep; these are called flocculent galaxies.
Without them, the squad looks patchy. Times, Sunday Times
Some progress has been made, but overall this remains patchy and inconsistent.
It has suffered at the hands of the Japanese 4x4 pick-ups, though, due to its reputation for patchy quality.
His skin was patchy and faded, and there seemed to be a faint coating of some sort of slimy gel covering most of his body.
The RNIB report shows that eye tests are not routinely carried out in all schools - and where they are, provision ranges from patchy to high quality.
There is a patchy underscrub of hazel and holly.
But his form was patchy and he left for Portsmouth on loan in June with a view to a permanent move. The Sun
Riots have a patchy record in this country. Times, Sunday Times
There was a mild patchy proliferation of duct epithelial cells, but no dysplasia.
I had literally sat down to my first interview, when patchy and intermittent phone calls started coming in, first from our base in London, then from HQ in Atlanta: a plane had crashed into the WTC….it may have been an accident…still checking…..then a second plane…..and suddenly it was all systems go. ‘Look at your neighbor…Does he look suspicious?’
It is not like Leeds fluked this win either, in what was an extremely patchy game.
Networks to overcome isolation and fragmentation are patchy and uneven.
The ties of a patchy, lacunal and tragic memory begin to interweave the Italy of the ‘years of lead’ and that of Berlusconi.
Scrubby coat and trousers, dirty shirt, scarf, and cap, socks more like anklets for holes, and a pair of split boots; bedraggled hat, frowsy jacket, blouse and skirt, squashy boots, and perhaps a patchy "pelerine" or mangy "boa" -- such is accepted as the natural costume for the heirs of all the ages. Essays in Rebellion
Southeast England will start with some patchy rain/patchy cloud at first.
Research at present is patchy and inconsistent especially for rowing.
His patchy run of form continues. The Sun
The remainder of the pancreas showed patchy areas of atrophy admixed with thick bands of fibrous tissue that separated the few remaining acini.
patchy fog
We spent Wednesday free skiing around the hills, though the snow was patchy.
The magnolia walls had transformed themselves to off-yellow, and the ceiling was a patchy white.
Firms also have a patchy record in administering justice. Times, Sunday Times
In this case frosts will be patchy as cloud acts as a blanket, helping to keep the night-time temperatures higher.
This was partly due to the patchy audio quality, but the cast's collective lack of acting ability and a stunted storyline didn't help either.
They showed a patchy demyelinating polyneuropathy, with all nerves involved.

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