Example Sentences

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After Switzerland controlled the ball at the outset, Sweden is peppering Swiss goaltender Yann Sommer with shots, but cannot find the net so far.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2018

The Obama campaign is peppering less enthusiastic supporters with phone calls, home visits, and direct mail pleas.

From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2012

Life is peppering me with good things this year, I could not be more grateful.

From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar

I tell him he is peppering the land with moral influence.

From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher