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verb

past tense of pattern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for patterned
Adjective
  • One woman who posed near a door in a gray striped coat worn with wide-length denim and a pair of Maison Margiela Tabi flat shoes.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In the campaign, Earle models the ankle-grazing jean cut from stretch denim with a long-sleeve striped shirt.
    Marissa Muller, WWD, 23 Jan. 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
  • The handset's design was more conservative, offered less thermal management hardware than previous handsets, and the garish bright colors and cyber-glow had been moved out of the phone and into a clip-on gaming peripheral.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Instead it’s been turned into a pantomime with outlandishly garish costumes.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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
  • But there’s something dingy and gross, like mottled drifts of old snow, about the overweening influence of Trump’s courtiers and their grubbing relationship with a president so obviously enamored of money and flattery.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Big blue sombrero Monday, November 25, 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise — and reveals clumps of dust in a mottled outer ring.
    Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The new Trump administration, eager for a showy start, has been preparing to conduct raids against migrants in Chicago as soon as Tuesday, until the details leaked.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Rainy springtime walk in Central Park This is a showy couple with a penchant for theatrics.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The American contribution is matched by the International Olympic Committee and would ultimately make up 14 percent of the organization’s roughly $52 million budget for 2024.
    Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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