Sentence examples for but patchy from inspiring English sources

Its range is wide but patchy.

ENB's tribute is wide in scope but patchy in execution.

Anna Jordan's play has zinging, idiomatic dialogue but patchy plotting.

The memories come flooding back to him, bright but patchy, like sun streaming through the trees.

Her voice was bright and agile, but patchy in places and never quite focused.

One consequence is coverage that is comprehensive on science and technology, but patchy on poorer regions and social issues.

But not patchy, unmanicured stubble.

The Coast Guard reports, however, come from airplanes and ships, and they are useful but still patchy.

Complete prohibition was always going to be desperately difficult to enforce, but this patchy, politically motivated, socially divisive application of the act made it increasingly unpopular.

That's something that's understood for male characters (it's a large part of Chief's story), but still patchy for female characters.

Though Mr. Delavan has done superb singing in his career, he was a vocally uneven Wotan, sometimes crisp and stentorian but often patchy and underpowered.