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Synonyms for streaked

Grammar : Adj
Spell : streek
Phonetic Transcription : strik

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Définition of streaked

Origin :
  • Old English strica "line of motion, stroke of a pen" (related to strican "pass over lightly," see strike), from Proto-Germanic *strikon (cf. Middle Low German streke "stroke, line," Old High German, German strich, Gothic striks "stroke, line"), from PIE root *streig- (see strigil). Sense of "long, thin mark" is first found 1567. Meaning "a temporary run (of luck)" is from 1843.
  • adj having streaks
Example sentences :
  • "Seven yards windage, Hal," said one, whose hair was streaked with gray.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A pale scar, the mark of an old wound, streaked his left temple.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • She is dull in color and streaked like the grass among which she lives.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • Stan was dressed in a wrinkled and soiled outfit that was streaked with mud.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • Their faces were drawn, grey and streaked with the dried salt sprays.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • He had worked hard, and his face and hands were streaked with black.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • It escaped, too, from the streaked eyes that looked at Tolliver as if through a veil.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • His pard plugged him through the head, streaked out, got lost, died.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Then Zelaya threw some earth on Ruth's feet and streaked her limbs with the same.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • His face was streaked with coal dust and his clothing was ragged and dirty.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
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