Example Sentences

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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

On Thursday, clouds across Western Washington will scatter a bit quicker during the day than they have been so far this week, making way for partly to mostly sunny skies, the weather service said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

All of the results were search-engine-optimized pages trying to sell me something — funeral homes and crematoriums; companies that will scatter the ashes for you.

From Los Angeles Times • May 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