This was repeated to obtain a pattern meant to imitate the rays of the sun.

The crazy-quilt pattern of state and private land means that the use made of each has impact on the other.

Rhyme had no idea what this pattern meant but some additional information might reveal that.

The pattern meant nothing in itself, of course.

It would make an authentic prop for the book, he thought, if he could only learn what the pattern meant.

The problem was, she didn't have any idea what the pattern meant.

Tramd o' the Dark was one who long knew how the stars were patterned and what those patterns meant.

The black and white patterns meant nothing to him; he had never seen a picture before.

Sometimes the children and their mother, interested also, had speculated on what the pattern of the decorations might mean.

To me, this pattern means we should assume that there is a relationship between income and life satisfaction.