Patches

There were only a few patches of vegetation near the river.

For centuries, astronomers believed that the Milky Way made up the entire universe. Hubble was among the first to show that the fuzzy patches in the sky seen through telescopes were other galaxies, not distant parts of the Milky Way.

But, there were deep green patches in the growing corn at first, that people looked at awfully.

These days, people rarely wear patches on their elbows and knees.

When Tom was little he was clumsy and would fall often. All his pants would have knee patches.

Older games did not have downloadable content. They only had patches and expansion packs.

Mary loves soul patches and hence jealous Tom shot Albert dead.

As Sir Henry and I sat at breakfast the sunlight flooded in through the high mullioned windows, throwing watery patches of colour from the coats-of-arms which covered them.

I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes. Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us.

Sami had patches of his hair missing.