pattern

Definition:
1. A perceptual structure.
2. A customary way of operation or behavior.
3. A decorative or artistic work.
4. Something regarded as a normative example.

Use 'pattern' in a sentence:

• 1. Our sleep pattern is a barometer to our psychological well-being.
• 2. Patterns of public administration and government are superimposed on traditional societies.
• 3. There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion.
• 4. However, this pattern of behavior predicts increases in marital satisfaction over time.
• 5. This then becomes the new pattern, or baseline for your emotional state.
• 6. Because I follow a classic pattern, the coding is almost brainless.
• 7. The kinked line in chart 1 represents this pattern.
• 8. When you have both filled in your patterns, you may want to share these with each other.
• 9. His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.
• 10. Stress can become your new pattern.
• 11. Lessons all follow the same pattern.
• 12. Interestingly, they also show a consistent pattern of nest care by the male.
• 13. She'll show you how to co-ordinate pattern and colours.
• 14. This is the center circle of the pattern.
• 15. The abolition of slavery in Brazil and the Caribbean closely followed the pattern of the United States.
• 16. A left-handed toolmaker would produce the opposite pattern.
• 17. Tom's whole class were of a pattern--restless, noisy, and troublesome.
• 18. The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind.
• 19. On this butterfly egg, the lacy pattern marks the micropyle, where sperm enters.
• 20. The wildebeests follow, in their migration, the pattern of local rainfall.
• 21. This pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.
• 22. How do we break the pattern of praise we're all so accustomed to?
• 23. This fits a larger pattern.
• 24. The chief executive's tastes follow a similar pattern which is most popular.
• 25. Send for our free patterns to knit yourself.
• 26. The murders all seem to follow a pattern.
• 27. The white marble floors were inlaid in a radial pattern of brass.
• 28. This pattern of white privilege and black inequality continues today.
• 29. Can one trace this same pattern far back in prehistory?
• 30. Before you cut the cloth, make sure that the pattern matches up on both edges.
• 31. Frost patterned the window.
• 32. She bought a dress pattern and some material.
• 33. There is a wide variety of patterns to choose from.
• 34. You measure yourself, enter measurements and the computer will print out the pattern.
• 35. She embroidered the cloth with a pattern in yellow and green stitches.
• 36. The black and white pattern is relieved by tiny coloured flowers.
• 37. Patterns of family life are diversifying.
• 38. All three attacks followed the same pattern.
• 39. The pattern is essentially the same in all cases.
• 40. The day followed the usual pattern.
• 41. Mornings in our house always follow a set pattern.
• 42. A wide range of colours and patterns are available.
• 43. This pattern is also widespread among Near Eastern societies.
• 44. A change in the pattern of his breathing became apparent.
• 45. This pattern of woods and fields is typical of the English landscape.
• 46. Vegetation patterns changed when goats were introduced to the island.
• 47. The pattern of the ancient fields is clearly visible from a height.
• 48. This system sets the pattern for others to follow.
• 49. These eating patterns are a learned behavior.
• 50. Adult behaviour is often patterned by childhood experiences.
• 51. Economic activity often follows a cyclical pattern.