How to Use variegate in a Sentence

variegate

verb

• Those are known as chimeras, and they will be variegated depending on where the new plant forms.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• Bougainvillea is available in many shades of pink and red, plus off-white, variegated and lavender.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2018
• There are many varieties of mint — smooth-leaved, crinkly, variegated, fuzzy, shiny.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
• Granite comes in a wide array of colors: vibrant blues and variegated browns, to midnight black, deep red and mottled white.
  — Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics, 9 May 2019
• The dark stone stands out in high contrast amidst a mass of yellow variegated Liriopes bright enough to draw our attention with natural light.
  — Maureen Gilmer, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018
• And Sedum ‘Spurium Tri-Color’ is variegated pink, green and white.
  — Colleen Smith, The Denver Post, 17 June 2019
• Granite comes in a wide array of colors, ranging from vibrant blues and variegated browns, to midnight black, deep red and mottled white.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2017
• The films themselves were often as difficult to pin down as Demme’s variegated career.
  — Ann Hornaday, The Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2017
• The text is infinitely variegated, the subtext always the same. . .
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2017
• Like a craggy coastline, the peaks in the star’s brightness are variegated by smaller peaks occurring on shorter time scales, and those peaks are studded with even smaller and quicker peaks.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Mar. 2015
• The leaves are generally variegated with silver, and the attractive flowers may be white, pink or purple.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• This happens with goldspot and golden euonymus and with variegated privet.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 16 Aug. 2017
• With more than 5,200 square feet, the two-story home features a open entry that offers a preview of its classic design, its sweeping staircase, variegated hardwood floors and open living areas.
  — Lisa Zapalac, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
• Nashville's music scene is as powerful as it is variegated.
  — Cherie Hu, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2017
• And now there are also double flowered forms, variegated and cutleaf forms — essentially the coal dust covered old smooth hydrangea has now acquired a whole closet full of glass slippers.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2018
• The investigators looked at something like 15 variegated emotions and found different bodily maps for each of those things.
  — Joe Peterburger, National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2018
• No less impressive with her rich, variegated sound, Williams on this outing at the American Philosophical Society took some chances.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• Slightly less common are variegated purple and mottled purple slates, which have visible veins and shades of contrasting colors.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2017
• The Reich’s efforts to reengineer the population were variegated.
  — Edith Sheffer, Time, 26 Apr. 2018
• Evergreen shrubs such as variegated false holly provide year-round color.
  — Andrea F. Siegel, baltimoresun.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• The path is variegated and flexible and often stretches across multiple media platforms.
  — Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, 31 May 2017
• This variegated assemblage of letters might seem daunting to some, especially as they are not arranged in strict chronological order.
  — Stephen Mirarchi, National Review, 28 Dec. 2019
• That a wayward dokebi should choose to haunt a serene block in Williamsburg, and serve variegated, sprightly Korean fare, exemplifies the spirit’s enduring mischief and its shape-shifting culinary offerings.
  — Becky Cooper, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
• In the sky, variegated fairy wrens and splendid fairy wrens recognize one another, form stable partnerships and jointly defend patches of eucalyptus scrubland.
  — Barbara J. King, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2019
• Rose Glow’ variegated Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea): Dramatic deciduous shrub that unfolds new growth of deep burgundy leaves splashed with pink and cream.
  — OregonLive.com, 9 Apr. 2018

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