in patches

Only in patches was it possible to get a sense of the effect to come.

In patches it was dark, which is a bad sign.

As a result, forest areas are reported only in patches.

The rock itself could be seen only in patches, and even there the news was not all bad.

However, it can be found in patches on the valley floor.

He could only glimpse the Road in patches, and the sea far beyond.

Instead, they are only found in patches of their range where there is good habitat.

He looks up again and sees that the water is burning only in patches.

Snow was on the ground, though it had blown away in patches.

For a while, he even joked when his hair started turning white, in patches.

"As we get lower, you'll see the land turn green in patches.

He was much younger than the rest, a fair down on his chin in patches.

The parking lot was beginning to break up, with weeds growing through it in patches.

He put his head back and looked up into the branches above him, where the blue sky could be seen in patches through the leaves.

"I guess that could explain why they seem to be going in patches.

The Old Women sat down in patches of sun, and became still.

She didn't want to mention that the back of his head was quite bald in patches.

It has four tributaries and the river is in patches.

The land may be in patches that are scattered at great distances from each other.

I saw it in patches of light and dark.

A few years ago, she colored her hair in patches of hot pink and orange.

Milton descended to two hundred feet, where the ground could be seen in patches.

The rain was holding off for a while and the streets were drying in patches.

You've gone all brown and peeling in patches, like a plane tree.

To his left, the sunlight panel had been cleaned in patches.