Sentence examples for in a checkerboard from inspiring English sources

The common halls are tiled in a checkerboard of multicolored vinyl squares.

The photographs are arranged on the walls in a checkerboard pattern.

It has a series of parallel grooves cut across the hammer face in a checkerboard pattern.

Initially, the board is filled with stones in a checkerboard pattern, white and black each occupying alternate diagonals.

Brush all the long sides of the cake pieces with jam, then press them together in a checkerboard fashion.

Mrs. George Barrie (he heads Fabergé) bounced out in a cardigan dyed in a checkerboard of ice cream colors.

(right) The virtual world being simulated contains a black upright post placed at the center of a sphere covered in a checkerboard pattern.

We used to cut the grass on the field in a checkerboard pattern, but Jeff Wilpon, the Mets' chief operating officer, decided he wanted a sunburst pattern.

"We also take core samples of the earth in a checkerboard pattern that can outline a grave," he said, "and compare it with surrounding soil.

Instead, job loss and job growth are roughly stalemated in a checkerboard pattern across the nation, as employers of all sorts remain reluctant to hire.

The strips may be arranged in a checkerboard pattern or in an alternating rhythm, creating at times an op-art effect of shifting colors and design.