How to Use spate in a Sentence

spate

noun

• A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
• There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
• The movement is linked to a spate of attacks in the last few years.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• So does the recent spate of bumper sales mean the time for tea has come again?
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
• The concerns were prompted by a spate of whale deaths off the East Coast last year.
  — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• The brief encounter was just the latest in a spate of recent outings.
  — Hilary Shenfeld, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• The hip-hop mogul's arrest follows a spate of legal woes for the Bad Boy Records founder.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
• That idea was furthered by a spate of long scarves at both Diesel and Lanvin.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
• The country has been plagued by a spate of gun violence.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023
• For the restaurants themselves, the spate of people looking for work has been a boon.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
• On the flip side, the Steelers are also dealing with a spate of injuries.
  — Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
• The toppling of Bazoum was just the latest in a spate of recent coups stretching from one side of Africa to the other.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
• New York City, which has seen a spike in e-bike use since the start of the pandemic in 2020, has seen a spate of battery fires.
  — Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
• The thefts at the tool library reflect how few communities have been spared from the spate and fear of crime in D.C.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Could the spate of unexplained aircraft have any relation to the ones that were shot down?
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
• Long before that spate of colonizers, though, the Arab world had strong ties to Kochi.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 15 Apr. 2024
• But many of the system’s achievements get overshadowed by spates of crime.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• Kharkiv is close to the Russian border and has seen a spate of deadly attacks in recent months.
  — Radina Gigova, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
• The recent spate of layoffs may begin to change that picture.
  — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
• The spate of attacks has also caused tensions between Iraq and Iran.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
• The spate of shootings has left three teens dead and another 14 wounded.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2023
• Whether the horse was fit to run or not, the decision to scratch was made because the people at Churchill were spooked by a spate of deaths on the racetrack over the past week.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
• In addition to a spate of new bars and brasseries, the glamorous Casa Cipriani looms just a few minutes drive down South Street.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Saturday pelting is the latest in a spate of such incidents this year alone.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 9 July 2023
• But the end of the classic-rock era is truly upon us all now, and not just in the spate of farewell tours that have continued into this year.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
• In the past 15 months, a spate of close calls caught the attention of regulators and travelers.
  — David Koenig, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
• But a spate of attacks on humans have led to increasing calls to drop the protections enjoyed by the species.
  — Billy Stockwell, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
• New York is set to pass a spate of city and state laws mandating that employers list salary ranges on job postings.
  — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2022
• The spate of shootings came just two weeks after a violent weekend saw at least six youths, ranging in ages from 8 to 18, shot in the area.
  — Rosana Hughes, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
• Analysts said a spate of discounts helped juice demand during the e-commerce giant's Prime Day sales event last month.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024