scatter
verb (used with object)
to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals.
will scatter
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future tenseof scatter.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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So I do some dishes, and Ora, my oldest, will scatter to go work on an audition or talk to her boyfriend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
The wind will scatter whatever it is that’s crammed into our basement—obsolete phone-charging cables, probably—across our neighbors’ minuscule yards.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
These molecules are everywhere overhead, and many of them will scatter that blue light toward us on the ground.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2023
"Look, when you're out of here, a lot of people will scatter," Kushner reportedly said, adding, "I'm with you until you hit the dirt — so you may want to listen to what I'm saying."
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023
A gust of wind, hitting a pile of chaff, will scatter all the parched stuff far and wide; just so, when this gigantic billow struck the boat’s big timbers flew apart.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
