Example Sentences

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Patched up with pieces of a car tyre and orange with dust, it's clear they have covered a lot more ground than just a solitary marathon.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Antiquity and futurism define Bottega Veneta’s winter collection, a phantasmic atmosphere infusing pieces like the Cotton Patched Pointelle dress.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

She was “kind of off” when record labels started approaching her, but eventually signed with Dirty Hit – which recently released her EP Patched Up – because “they allowed me to do whatever I want”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2019

Patched together not from stolen body parts but lent clothes, there is, nevertheless, a Frankensteinian quality to them: They are, by definition, scary.

From New York Times • May 25, 2016

Patched, frayed, and dirty, the hat lay motionless at Harry’s feet.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling