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patterned

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verb

past tense of pattern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for patterned
Adjective
  • Scandi girls love to go experimental by wearing the loose-fitting bottoms with a striped button-front shirt and cowboy boots.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The shirt features a striped trim at the collar and sleeves and will look great at the office or on a day out.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Demos wore a checkered suit, while Shahi donned a slinky metallic dress with a thigh-high slit and off-the-shoulder detailing.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The digital collection features a checkered suit, pixel leopard hoodie and video game pants — free of charge for fitting, sharing and saving to digital wardrobes within the ZERO10 app.
    Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
Verb
  • The pandemic resulted in more disabilities, but the state’s hiring practices haven’t adapted to the new reality, Tobler said.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz adapted the musical for the screen.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • With few exceptions, members of this class of audio equipment tend to look like garish kid’s toys.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But now this segment has been extended, with the skeletor’s cycle touching down on the main drag of a garish resort city that’s a dreamland version of Vegas.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Gabriel has some customized for himself as a joke.
    Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • De May says each Spaceship will be customized to each owner’s needs.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In Margate, Turner experimented with materials like cloth, knives, and even bread to create the mottled topography of his paintings.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • More than a century later, fine particles of pollution still clung to its feathers, dulling what once was a scarlet red breast to a mottled gray.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Just by advancing this peace plan for Gaza, Egypt has salvaged the Palestinian aspiration for statehood from Trump’s desire to conjure a showy real estate development deal.
    Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Matching the evening mood, the prose isn’t as showy as in previous Hollinghurst works.
    Sam Worley, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Carole’s passion for yoga is only matched by her entrepreneurial spirit.
    Lauren Carpenter, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The blood, after all, was a cheery red color that matched the plaid motif in my Pottery Barn tartan placemats.
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Patterned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patterned. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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