Patches of brush and wood dotted the plain and, not far ahead, an extensive forest was visible under the lowering sky.

Patches of snow dotted her path like white lily pads and she skirted them.

Patches of empty seats dotted the orchestra section of Avery Fisher Hall at the New York Philharmonic's all-Romantic matinee Friday afternoon; perhaps subscribers noted the names of Berg and Webern on the bill and feared something forbidding.

Numerous Polish Patches dotted the cityscape in its vicinity, from Polish Downtown near Polonia Triangle through the Polish Village in Avondale and the adjacent Villa District which journalist Mike Royko christened as "Polish Kenilworth".

Patches of snow dotted the dormant grass.

Patches of snow still dotted the upper reaches of the lea.

Patches of snow dotted the rocks, drifts occasionally several feet high in the depressions as Rourke, at the head of the column of U.S. II and Soviet Forces, Natalia beside him, Vladov and Reed behind them, walked on.

Patches of the familiar yellow fog were dotting the tranquil sea like mushrooms.