as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
marble the paper with several different dyes to get a striking effect
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His jeans and shoes were still covered in river mud and his face marbled with sickly discoloration.
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Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
The hydrodynamics of marbling art Harvard University graduate student Yue Sun was fascinated by the process and the resulting patterns of making marbled paper, particularly the randomness.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
When most of the surface is covered with food coloring, drag a bamboo skewer across the top of the shaving cream to swirl and marble the colors.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2024
Bowing to a Fan Revolt: Germany’s soccer fans protested the specter of a private equity giant taking a stake in the country’s domestic league by raining tennis balls, chocolate coins and even marbles onto fields across the country.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
The hydrodynamics of marbling art Harvard University graduate student Yue Sun was fascinated by the process and the resulting patterns of making marbled paper, particularly the randomness.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
When most of the surface is covered with food coloring, drag a bamboo skewer across the top of the shaving cream to swirl and marble the colors.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2024
Bowing to a Fan Revolt: Germany’s soccer fans protested the specter of a private equity giant taking a stake in the country’s domestic league by raining tennis balls, chocolate coins and even marbles onto fields across the country.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Marble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marble. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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