spatter
verb (used with object)
to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
have spattered
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present perfectof spatter.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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All the world loves a pirate—witness the innumerable pens that have spattered laudatory ink about that highly romantic villain.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A great fish leaping might have spattered it."
From The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
I have spattered him," thought Tchervyakov, "he is not the head of my department, but still it is awkward.
From Love by Constance Garnett
Mon Dieu! monsieur le commissaire, it's very strange that I could have spattered anybody, watering a small pot of pansies; for I'm always very careful when I water my flowers.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
