Sentence examples for pattern like from inspiring English sources

"Regular smoke just isn't going to have a pattern like that," Mr. Thorson said.

Some of the panels were long or lined in a contrasting color or pattern like leopard.

The zest, too, had a neat, regular pattern, like a human membrane seen under a microscope.

He added, "It's the only way you get a tight pattern like that".

"Our best guess is that we might see a pattern like last year," he said.

"I would go with a tight, textured pattern, like a nice weave".

The Kobo's back is sculptured in a quilted pattern, like a queen-size mattress for hamsters.

She wonders what might be revealed by those unknown Oregon figures, whether a pattern like Kevorkian's might lurk there.

His left hand stays inert, fractalled with purple; seems tattooed, in a pattern like ice on airplane glass.

(Mimi Lien designed the vaguely menacing set, a layering of object and pattern like a kitschy, worrying Bonnard painting).

Two of these are large black-on-black paintings using a brocade pattern like the gold paintings.