Thesaurus / spattering
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synonyms for spattering
- several
- some
- scattering
- smattering
- sprinkling
- not many
- not too many
- slim pickings
- small number
- smatter
On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spattering, such as: few, scattering, smattering, sprinkling, small number, and some.
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How to use spattering in a sentence
Watch shook himself violently at intervals, spattering water drops in all directions.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNERWhen we had gone another mile a spattering of "overs" began to fall around like the first heavy drops of a thunderstorm.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME 2IAN HAMILTONIt fell for half an hour, scarcely so much as spattering them in their recess, but plunging over them into the torrent beneath.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTSo saying, he threw a large stone into the water, spattering both the girls, but wetting Jenny the most.
THE ENGLISH ORPHANSMARY JANE HOLMESTess jubilantly cooked the fish for dinner, spattering the bacon fat upon the floor.
TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRYGRACE MILLER WHITETwo of the men were through, and I was being hauled through, when there was a spattering of shots from behind.
THE YEOMAN ADVENTURERGEORGE W. GOUGHJeers and yells broke out, spattering forth like a skirmish fire, then almost instantly were merged into a vast, ominous roar.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBBThe major raised his hand in signal, and the spattering roar became a solid thunder.
THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCKThe British rifles received them with a spattering fire, then hurriedly retreated to the crest of the lomada, and formed in line.
PONCE DE LEONWILLIAM PILLINGThe wind whistles through the shrouds, the rain falls spattering on the skylight,—what matter?
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, VOLUME IIVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO SPATTERING
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