Definition of Motley

made up of strikingly different components

Examples of Motley in a sentence

The motley group of job applicants included a retired teacher, a recently released convict, and a sixteen-year-old girl.  🔊

When the ship’s captain looked for a crew, he found a motley gang of people with no sailing experience.  🔊

What was supposed to be soup was actually a motley concoction made of every item my wife had found in the cupboard.  🔊

Since the litter was a motley group, none of the puppies resembled each other.  🔊

The motley protestors outside city hall included people of all races and socioeconomic classes.  🔊

When the king saw the motley crowd of suitors who wanted to woo his daughter, he knew she would find a husband in the diverse group.  🔊

The old computer lab contains a motley collection of ancient processors from a variety of personal computer manufacturers.  🔊

In the small country town, a motley troop of citizens made up the volunteer fire department.  🔊

Brad’s motley assortment of miniature vehicles covered a large portion of his bedroom floor.  🔊

As soon as the motley group of clowns walked into the arena, the audience started to laugh at the dissimilar bunch.  🔊

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