was scattering
- past progressive of scatter.
Example Sentences
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As for speculation that the balloon was scattering smaller spy devices — microdrones that could observe secret targets, say — the official said there was no evidence of any such dispersion.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2023
“It’s telling us that there was scattering and depositing of material from all over the Solar System into the Oort Cloud,” says Karen Meech, a planetary scientist at the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 5, 2022
But one thing she did accomplish was scattering some of the ashes of her grandfather, who died in November. on a rock near the start of the men's downhill course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2018
I was scattering stuff all over the parking lot.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2015
The Captains bowed their heads; and when they looked up again, behold! their enemies were flying and the power of Mordor was scattering like dust in the wind.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
