spatter

Example Sentences

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Mejia also said that he saw what appeared to be blood spatter on Grossman’s vehicle, but that he did not have the material analyzed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024

In the defense’s defense, there isn’t strong physical evidence—blood spatter on clothing, fingerprints or footprints, or a definitive murder weapon—tying Alex Murdaugh to the killings.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2023

He and prosecutors have disagreed, in pretrial proceedings, about whether or not tests uncovered microscopic blood spatter on the T-shirt.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Bite marks, hair follicles, roadside drug tests, written statements, polygraphs and blood spatter have all been analyzed with techniques that were later called into question.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022

I woke up at dawn on the morning of August 20, 1942, to hear thunder and wondered when the first drops of rain would spatter on the roof of the shelter.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor