pepper with

phrasal verb

peppered with; peppering with; peppers with

1

: to hit (someone) repeatedly with (something)

The boxer peppered his opponent with punches.

—often used figuratively

The reporters peppered her with questions.

2

: to put a small amount of (something) on many different parts of (a surface)

—usually used as (be) peppered with

His face is peppered with freckles.

3

: to put (something) in many places in (a story, speech, etc.)

She peppered the report with statistics.

Examples of pepper with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Plates champion some of the best local and seasonal ingredients for shareable dishes like white asparagus with pickled strawberries and goat cheese or bluefin tuna with garden peas and grilled padron peppers with pil pil sauce. —Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025

In a mountainous area in the central part of Washington, some of the ground still peppered with snow, the manhunt continued for Decker, a 32-year-old U.S. Army veteran wanted in connection to the brutal slayings of the sisters found dead after vanishing on May 30. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 June 2025

Separately, blend the seeded guajillo peppers with apple cider vinegar in a blender for about 30 seconds. —Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025

The digital stack is peppered with its own bottlenecks and vulnerabilities, and any government concerned with national security and resilience will need to be able to quantify these risks. —Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025