Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

O King of Gods and Men! whose awful hand Disperses thunder on the seas and land, Disposing all with absolute command; How could my pious son thy pow'r incense?

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Echoing, fearless, triumphant, the cry Disperses through the world, and yet Only the clamorous, cloudless sky And the wooded mountains make reply.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

The Blatant-Beast once more has broke his Chains, Disperses Falshoods, and remorseless reigns.

From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by Guerinot, J. V. (Joseph V.)

Disperses: with scattered markings, punctures or other small sculptures.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Memory waves Her wand,—the clouds disperse, as the gray rack Disperses while we gaze, and light steals out, While the gaunt phantom almost seems to drop His scythe!

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George