marbleize
Americanverb (used with object)
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With a knife, swirl through it gently to marbleize.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2023
After the colors marbleize, try to transfer the pattern onto a piece of paper.
From National Geographic Kids ● Sep. 5, 2017
Female figures made of floating red roots or ghostly, marbleized flesh pose against patterned backgrounds with their faces concealed.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
He currently has 150 pieces of the multi-colored, marbleized pottery.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Serve it over rice with thin strips of marbleized steak for a takeout meal at home.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021
Merrild would go on to develop an experimental technique that he called “flux painting,” an oils-and-water method that allowed fluid colors to ooze, spread and seek their own marbleized shapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
The more so the better if they have real merit; but the marbleized slate mantels so abundant have not enough intrinsic beauty to justify them in supplanting the more honest and unpretending ones of wood.
From Homes and How to Make Them by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)
At Santa Barbara all that remains of the old decorations are found in the reredos, the marbleizing of the engaged columns on each wall and the entrance and side arches.
From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton
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