dapple
noun
a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
was dappling
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past progressiveof dapple.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The other side of the space is in flux, but it includes plants growing in 3D-printed pots and projection gear that, on a recent Saturday, was dappling the room with dots of multicolored light.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
In the crystal seemed a reflection of the water's suddenly ruffled surface which the moon was dappling with points of silver....
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
They were alone together in the quadrangle under the trellis, through which the sun, already high, was dappling the table at which his lordship sat.
From The Snare by Rafael Sabatini
