bespatter
Example Sentences
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When they are butchered on the spot, which happens in certain live-animal markets, their bespattered fluids potentially expose other animals as well as humans.
From New York Times
Regardless of your chosen approach, however, expect a certain baseline of bespattered violence.
From The Guardian
So, too, the piles of gratitude journals displayed in gift shops among other tat, bespattered with cheesy quotations at jaunty angles: overcompensatingly “inspirational” gifts for uninspired givers on a deadline.
From The Guardian
He’s wearing an Alexander McQueen suit that appears to have wandered through a flower show, leaving its black blazer and pants bespattered by vivid roses.
From Seattle Times
He did have a caveat: “The authors have such a picturesque yarn to spin that their insistence upon thrusting bespattered conversation down the throats of the audience is as superfluous as it is unpleasant.”
From New York Times
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