Mottled has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the sinking sun. | |
| 2. | Our wagonette had topped a rise and in front of us rose the huge expanse of the moor, mottled with gnarled and craggy cairns and tors. A cold wind swept down from it and set us shivering. | |
| 3. | I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes. Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us. |