| 1. | A motley procession with many a fleck of foam and many fragments. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | I am ambitious for a motley coat. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | Invest me in my motley give me leav. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | And made my self a motley to the view. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | The motley fool thus moral on the time. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | In good set terms- and yet a motley fool. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | In a long motley coat guarded with yellow. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | monachum' that's as much to say as I wear not motley in m. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | O motley meal fantastic vision The good mother saw her lord sitting opposite, a grave, respectable being, eating muffins. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |