spatter
verb (used with object)
to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
had spattered
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past perfectof spatter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Along the road to the quarry they became more and more marble-clad, as though this nearby opening of the earth had spattered them with its contents.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
An overturned ink bottle on the table had spattered wide, and added to the general confusion.
From The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron
The reason why those little preliminary explosions took place was that a little had spattered out on the edge of the filter paper, and had dried first and exploded.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
But yesterday this woman had spattered him with insults, snared him on a strained plea, bargained away his life for the body of a spy.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
He was wet, hungry, and exhausted, for since morning he had tasted nothing, and his run had spattered him with mud from head to heel.
From Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
