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View definitions for spattering

spattering

adjective as in handful

noun as in smutch

pronoun as in few

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Example Sentences

There was a spattering of protests across Iran Tuesday, after two major opposition leaders were arrested.

Watch shook himself violently at intervals, spattering water drops in all directions.

When we had gone another mile a spattering of "overs" began to fall around like the first heavy drops of a thunderstorm.

It fell for half an hour, scarcely so much as spattering them in their recess, but plunging over them into the torrent beneath.

So saying, he threw a large stone into the water, spattering both the girls, but wetting Jenny the most.

Tess jubilantly cooked the fish for dinner, spattering the bacon fat upon the floor.

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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spattering, such as: few, scattering, smattering, sprinkling, small number, and some.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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