scatted

Definition of scattednext
past tense of scat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatted
Verb
  • Along the coast, exposure to saltwater accelerated corrosion and fuel escaped from the rusty gas tanks and leaky pipes into the groundwater.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The trooper just barely escaped being hit, documents show.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Marcel In the heat of the afternoon, the Fort Worth blues singer Marcel — as in Brandon Marcel, a close collaborator and backing singer for Leon Bridges — crooned his way through a half-hour set while Bridges swayed and applauded from the side of the stage.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
  • On a cool December evening as raindrops polka-dotted the pavement, longtime street performer Onunze Ubaka, 72, crooned Motown classics to a virtually empty corner off the usually busy Jackson Square in the French Quarter.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The place once hummed with thousands of workers and their families, with a school, a day care and a sports center.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Sewing machines hummed, scissors snipped, patterns stretched across the tables.
    Itay Hod, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Stockton Kings faced a tough loss against the Greensboro Swarm for Game 1, but that lit a fire under the Kings going into Game 2 -- a must-win for the defending champions.
    Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 29 shots before finally yielding a goal late, while Gabe Landeskog, Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon all lit the lamp in a game that was not as close as the score indicated.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts.
    Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Guthrie and her siblings recorded videos, pleading for news, for help, for a merciful change of heart from whoever had absconded with their mom.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Three months later, another seven players from the senior national team absconded in the same country.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An unknown woman, whom Dennis told authorities was a prostitute, got out of the car's passenger side while the Kia continued to flee slowly.
    Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Officers followed the car to 18th Avenue near Oak Street, where the car finally stopped and a passenger got out and fled on foot.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Scatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatted. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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