Sentence examples for something of a patchwork from inspiring English sources

Of course, any "Don Quixote" is something of a patchwork quilt.

Notre-Dame is indisputably something of a patchwork of time and changing historical impulses and nineteenth-century folly.

That system at Rutgers is something of a patchwork, the product of a 1980 reorganization that tried to stitch together what had been a fragmented federation of schools.

Afghan cuisine is something of a patchwork quilt, joining bits and pieces of the cuisines of the surrounding Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures.

Thanks to months of lineup tinkering, the current Raptors are something of a patchwork outfit, filled with familiar faces (Leonard, Marc Gasol, Danny Green, Serge Ibaka) in unfamiliar territory.

Rather than using the increasingly popular slide-show format or simply highlighting some of the more striking vehicles, the designers have laid out the images to create something of a patchwork spectrum.

The area around the downtown, however, is something different — a patchwork of distinct neighborhoods that pride themselves on being low-slung and laid-back.

It can be used for a small, decorative element, as shown, or combined into a larger piece of fabric something like a patchwork quilt.

Most were filled with food but in one of the boxes sent to Briddock's family there was something unexpected - a patchwork quilt.

But Ms. Meneghin and Ms. Kilian want something more than a patchwork of state-sponsored protections.

With the country governed by a patchwork of laws about compensation, Mr. Faulkner's fear is already something of a national reality.