smattering

The monkey hangs close to streetlamps rather than retreating to any of the neighborhood’s shadowy smatterings of trees.

Mrs. Apple, suddenly in possession of her voice, shouted the rest of the quote, and earned a smattering of applause for it, too.

At Lilac Hill, a dead surface was observed by a smattering of polite onlookers, most of them ex-pats.

A relaxed opening day in front of a smattering of spectators at Lilac Hill was certainly a world away from what England will face at a sold-out Optus Stadium next week.

A smattering of applause was just as loud as the boos that came at the full-time whistle as Scotland limped their way to a World Cup qualifying win over Belarus last month.