How to Use spread in a Sentence

spread

1 of 2 verb

• The odor spread throughout the room.
• Help me spread the cloth on the table.
• Her notes were spread all over the desk.
• The cancer has spread to her throat.
• The fire spread quickly through the building.
• The seeds are spread by wind, birds, and animals.
• The newspaper was spread across his lap.
• The use of computer technology has spread into all fields of work.
• We spread fertilizer on our yard.
• The fashion quickly spread from France to England.
• Many of them no longer remain there, spread across the globe.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• Lyme disease is spread by the bite of a black-legged tick.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• Word spread about this hunky guy with the paranormal act.
  — David Segal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• By the time Fort De Soto Park reopened to the public, word had spread.
  — Michael Adno, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
• In 1898, the square was seeded with oaks, whose roots spread and surfaced, like keloid scars.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Water well, and then spread a 3-to-4-inch-deep mulch layer over a wide area around the tree.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
• Parks officials said that since the mid-1980s, the fatal brain disease has spread across Wyoming and is now found in most of the state.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 16 Nov. 2023
• Word spreads from there—strangers are dreaming of Paul, too—and soon the press wants an interview.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
• Proponents of the system are trying to spread it across the country.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 21 July 2023
• The bedrooms are spread throughout the home to give guests a sense of privacy, and each has its own terrace.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
• Disease is spreading, aid groups warn, and more than 90 percent of Gazans don’t have enough to eat.
  — Lior Soroka, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• High winds spread the flames from one Megapack to a neighboring device, and the blaze took four days to put out.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
• Generally, a red, blotchy rash appears first on the face and rapidly spreads to the chest, back, thighs and feet.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• McNee said one of the main ways emerald ash borer spreads is on firewood.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023
• It was put out quickly and did not spread to the rest of the building, yet produced a vast quantity of toxic fumes.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 7 July 2023
• Cluster munitions are weapons that break apart and spread smaller bomblets over a large area.
  — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
• Before the world was gripped by the pandemic, my schedule was packed with numerous events each month, spread across the length and breadth of the country.
  — Dev Gadhvi, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• News of the death of Gail O’Neill, 60, a model and journalist, is spreading through Instagram.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
• Beavers are turning up dead in Utah, and the disease killing them can spread to humans, officials said.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024

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spread

2 of 2 noun

• He uses low-fat spread on his toast.
• She offered crackers and a cheese spread.
• The spread of plants, then, was largely thanks to the work of bees.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2023
• Serve it as a dip, a spread, or between two slices of bread.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2023
• One is a full chaat spread for dinner on New Year’s Eve.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 5 Jan. 2024
• Keep the shrimp cold on the spread by nestling the serving bowl inside a larger bowl of crushed ice.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
• At least 58 million birds were slaughtered last year to limit the spread of the virus.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
• Or the clip of Khaled at home one night faced with a bountiful spread of seafood leftovers.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
• Minnesota is 4-0 against the spread in its last four games against a team with a straight-up winning record.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• Add the cheese atop the spread and then the remaining ingredients.
  — Matthew Kadey, Men's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
• Bagels to eat with spreads, plus beer and wine, will be served and bagel history will be revealed.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Addictively good, the spread lends the tostadas lushness and a little kick, thanks to a hit of garlic and jalapeño.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• The Commanders are only favored in one more game for the rest of the season, and this spread is 4.5 points higher.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
• But the technology isn’t a magic cure for the spread of fake AI images.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
• Plus, those ‘50s-era graphics and vintage spreads are a delight.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Here is the spread, money line and point total for Game 3 between the Bucks-Heat and other series odds.
  — Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
• Elsewhere in the spread, there are a few snaps where each of them is pictured on their own and more where they are posed together.
  — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• Many put out spreads of food and drinks and include artist demonstrations and live music.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• The Buckeyes have also thrived in such games, winning nine straight heads up with spreads of 4 or fewer points.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
• Abarca’s wife soon called him as news spread of the gunfire at the Chiefs celebration.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
• Throughout the spread, a pair of gray sweatpants or a bath towel tucked at his hips provide the most coverage.
  — Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023
• Instead, Chiles often savors it as one part of a broader spread.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 14 Dec. 2023
• Advertisement Scientists and health agencies across the globe have been tracking the spread of the virus for years.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
• The spread, priced at $14, comes with queso, pickled jalapeno, taco spiced burger patty, sour cream, and a Frito crumble.
  — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024
• Across the country during the pandemic, people were staying home and alert of their symptoms which slowed the spread, Murthy said.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
• What was the inspiration behind the two-page spread of Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix?
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 7 Nov. 2023
• In this advent calendar, there are 23 jars of mini spreads and one jar of honey.
  — Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2023
• Thanks to their versatile recipes, deviled eggs are super easy to chop up, slice, or mash into a spread.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2024
• Without those, there's a risk of far greater spread and impact to Michigan's 170 million hemlock trees.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
• Flammable materials had been used in the cladding of that building, which accelerated the spread of the fire.
  — Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 2 May 2024