polychromed

past tense of polychrome

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for polychromed
Verb
  • The Illinois skies are mottled.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The mill also had a double loom denim, with one side indigo and the other side striped for unique turn-ups.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The bee mushroom, which is hairy and striped like a bee, turns Mario into bee Mario, who can fly and climb on sticky honey walls.
    Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Swathes of social media stars, including sessions with Twitch streamers, sports influencers and heads of digital media studios, speckled the lineup with talks on how to do creator content right.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Created by James Beard Award winner and Bottega’s former pastry chef, Dolester Miles, the cake itself is speckled with ground pecans, which add texture and sweetness, which are brushed with simple syrup.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Among the other standouts are Klimt’s Blooming Meadow (1908)—a sea of green grass and trees flecked with blue, yellow, and pink dabs of wildflowers—and six figurative bronzes by Matisse.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The first two discs are flecked with revelations.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Residents in part of Poza Rica found their homes’ walls streaked with oil after waters from the Cazones River receded, though no spill was confirmed there.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Lined up to the left of Mahomes outside of JuJu Smith-Schuster and Travis Kelce, Brown streaked across the field uncovered in part because Kelce drew multiple defenders and in part because of a key read of man defense.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His skeleton is well preserved, his bones dappled with gooey-looking sediment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Dried blood dappled his face, neck and bedsheets.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Swastikas and other graffiti have been daubed on synagogues and other sites, and security has been heightened at Jewish schools.
    Alex Holmes, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers expected the dogs to pay most attention to the cat doll, particularly when daubed with the feline scent.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Polychromed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polychromed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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