spatter

Example Sentences

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Day after day the sky was gray as rain spattered against the windows.

From Literature

One handful went wide, spattering on the grass, but the other caught the creature in the eye, midair, and on the left earlike flame.

From Literature

It’s a veritable Jackson Pollock spattering of woes.

From Barron's

But the big challenge is that metal parts created with additive manufacturing have defects -- like pores, or "voids," rough surfaces and large spatters -- that significantly compromise the finished part's reliability and durability.

From Science Daily

Llera, who has covered crime for more than three decades, smoked a cigarette while he snapped photographs of a taxi spattered with blood.

From Los Angeles Times