The phrase "a pattern of holes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific arrangement or design that consists of multiple holes, often in a surface or material.
Example: "The artist created a stunning sculpture featuring a pattern of holes that allowed light to filter through beautifully."
Alternatives: "a series of openings" or "an arrangement of perforations".
The researchers shined terahertz radiation on stainless steel metal foils (above) that are perforated with a pattern of holes.
Underneath the corpse, they found a pattern of holes, "which seemed to have been made by swords which had passed through the body, penetrating deeply into the floor".
As is common, Dr. Heber-Katz punched a pattern of holes in each mouse's ear to so she could tell which mouse was which.
Fish transmissions were sent by a teleprinter using the Baudot code, which represents letters as a pattern of holes and blanks that the receiving machine punches out on paper tape.
An instrument that Charlene called a "cheese grater" had been run over the skin graft, leaving a pattern of holes that allow the skin to expand and to cover the wounded area.
The ring-shaped steel plate shear wall (RS-SPSW) includes a steel web plate that is cut with a pattern of holes leaving ring-shaped portions of steel connected by diagonal links.
The advantage of using our device is illustrated in the fabrication of an intact cell sheet with a pattern of hole array.
It can form a scaffold enabling the construction of cell sheets with a pattern of hole array and round flat shape.
Figure 5 Conceptual fabrication of cell sheet with a pattern of hole array (a), round flat cell sheet (b), and multiple spherical aggregates (c) provided by a flexible scaffold.
They were rolled through a meshing machine, which created a pattern of small holes, like the pattern in fishnet stockings.
Like computer punch cards -- which were invented more than a century ago and went out of vogue in the 1970's, about the same time as slide rules -- I.B.M.'s system stores data in a pattern of little holes.
