How to Use dappled in a Sentence

dappled

adjective

• The children stop to eat plums in the dappled shade of a cemetery.
  — Yasmine Seale, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• At its center pulsed the Twin Serpents' bite mark, in a bloom of dappled red.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• The long-haired man who emerged from the dappled shade was gentle, soft-spoken, earnest.
  — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• But coming out of the gate, Buze’s short menu of Cajun-dappled soul food is off to a hot start.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 15 May 2018
• Most prefer full sun, but some will thrive in dappled shade.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
• Shade: Receives about 2 hours of direct sun in the morning or bright dappled light through the day.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• Inland, plant in dappled light or light shade and water more.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• Wide-brimmed hats shrouded the face through dusty, dappled lighting.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 4 July 2022
• In the dappled light, Khan suddenly began to talk about her sons.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2016
• Miriam snaps amid firelight and fog, by dappled water and at the edge of a cold forest.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2021
• But those same eyes are more sensitive than ours to dim objects like the dappled patterns of the Milky Way.
  — New York Times, 29 July 2021
• Nova is a four-year-old clouded leopard with round ears and a dappled coat.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
• Most columbine does well in part sun or dappled sunlight, but the plants can tolerate full sun in moister soil.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024
• In a dappled forest, vines twine up trees, reaching ever upward and away from the dark.
  — Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
• The light was a deep, dappled green that made her eyelids and limbs grow heavy, a spontaneous fatigue like Dorothy in the field of poppies.
  — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
• Although there are a few tillandsias that can live in full sun, most require dappled shade.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 25 July 2019
• The squash or pumpkins enjoy the dappled sun from the corn and shade the ground, acting as a living mulch to keep weeds down and conserve water for the three crops.
  — OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• And our home is right on Worth Avenue, so when the palm trees outside are lit up in the evening, the fronds cast dappled shadows throughout the living room.
  — Lisa Cregan, House Beautiful, 19 Jan. 2017
• And our home is right on Worth Avenue, so when the palm trees outside are lit up in the evening, the fronds cast dappled shadows throughout the living room.
  — Lisa Cregan, House Beautiful, 19 Jan. 2017
• Katuk likes the understory, with dappled shade, but not deep shade.
  — Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 24 May 2017
• The white spots on its brown coat resemble the dappled beams of sunlight that cascade through the trees, breaking up the outline of the deer’s figure.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• For a late season salad bar, lettuce and herbs can be grown in the dappled shade and enjoyed into the hotter parts of the season.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 21 May 2024
• In the Matisse to the left, two women enjoy the leafy garden in the dappled light of a sunny day, seated at a tea table set up beneath the trees.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
• But on a warm afternoon in the dappled light under sycamores, the park’s role in the lives of neighborhood children was set off in bas-relief.
  — Patricia Leigh Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2017
• Back on the main deck, a plush outdoor lounge lies under a striking glass swimming pool that throws dappled light on all below.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
• The gold and variegated cultivars do best in part sun to dappled shade.
  — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
• These are small trees that are perfectly comfortable in the dappled shade of woodlands.
  — Dave Taft, New York Times, 16 May 2018
• In hot climates, choose a location where the plant will get dappled sunlight or partial shade.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
• Wild mushrooms, tender green stems and a fuchsia sweet pea flower were scattered on and around a bed of quinoa risotto that had the dappled look of the forest floor.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 July 2016
• Look for locations on your property that seem to get plenty of shade (or dappled shade), and lots of moisture.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024