splatter
verb (used with or without object)
to splash and scatter upon impact.
had splattered
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past perfectof splatter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A screen high above her head showed her final shot had splattered more of the target’s middle than that of Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina, apparently meaning the first gold medal was hers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2021
I had just bitten into a merguez sausage and burning red fat had splattered all over the front of my shirt.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2020
Hagrid’s note was dry this time, no tears had splattered it, yet his hand seemed to have shaken so much as he wrote that it was hardly legible.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Drops of urine had splattered out of the wastebasket and clung to the side of my desk.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Old clothes were strewn across the floor, and bags of rotten food had splattered the walls.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
