bespattered

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 • Jun. 17, 2020

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 • Oct. 21, 2016

"This is an unprecedented loss," he intones, as £200-worth of bespattered baked goods are scraped into a Biffa bin.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2013

Through it all, his well-tailored grey suit is battered, bespattered, but always ready to be ironed and pressed.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2012

It was night in the glade by the pool and the sky was bespattered with stars beyond counting.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman