spattering
- present participle of spatter.
Example Sentences
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You’ll also hear a larger, darker woofling from the tailpipes, and phlegmy, spattering cough as the rpm fall off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
It’s a veritable Jackson Pollock spattering of woes.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
A spattering of anti-war protests was quickly stamped out.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025
And whether a ring, a miniature moon, or some other scenario, spattering our planet with space rocks may have created conditions that set up what we think of as “modern” oceans.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024
Tanin brushed her fingers across her eyes, spattering black ink over her blouse.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
