crazyquilt

From all over Michigan, from much of the Midwest, families are making the final pilgrimage to say farewell to a hulking old building in a ratty part of town, an architectural hodgepodge of no particular distinction, a crazyquilt of aluminum siding, sagging wood, rusting iron girders and -- now the team finally admits it -- more than 10,000 obstructed-view seats.

Ernie Harwell and the story of baseball 2010

A crazyquilt mix of high and low and rich and poor that now seems quaint since the post-80's re-stratification of the populace.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

Still, the chemistry of D et D is palpable - they're sweet together, with their aging actually adding a layer of poignant humanity to this crazyquilt of a crime thriller.

Another batch of Hot-n-Crusty Arbo Minis! Arbogast 2009

He leaped to the top of the cocoon he might or might not have time to occupy and began to spin a broad, airtight sheet, anchored to himself and his crazyquilt lifepod with a series of strong cables.

The Sinister Six Combo Castro, Adam Troy 2001

Again the viewscreen crackled and a crazyquilt of static coalesced to form a photographic likeness of Abraham Lincoln.

Web of the Romulans M. S. Murdock 1990

I could see the layers of time in the layers of its structure, feel the crazyquilt of lives going on all around me in its heart, a separate reality flowing through the unoccupied spaces of its body.

Catspaw Vinge, Joan D. 1988

This cesspool of chemical effluvia is populated by perhaps the most ethnically diverse crazyquilt in all of Obama's America.

CounterPunch 2010

If a different guitarist put out such a sonic crazyquilt, they'd probably be accused of lacking focus or spreading themselves too thin.

Paste Magazine 2010

The bailout roll call is up here, and the "no" votes came from a crazyquilt coalition of left-wing Democrats and conservative Republicans.

Libertarian Blog Place 2008

However, logic and consistency have never been a deterrent for nonwhites or White liberals when it comes to rationalizing their crazyquilt of ideas.

Vanishing American 2008