Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatted
Verb
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Despite surrendering a line-drive single to Geraldo Perdomo, Ohtani escaped unscathed thanks to the inning-ending double play.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026 -
One of the students escaped and was in custody.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Nat King Cole crooned about its kicks in a 1946 hit song.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Adam Sandler crooned it in the 2006 Click, as the soundtrack to his first kiss with Kate Beckinsale.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Five racks of computer servers hummed in a futuristic yet industrial-looking classroom at Atlanta Technical College, south of downtown.—
Mirtha Donastorg,
AJC.com,
26 May 2026
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Ventilators hummed in an intensive care unit.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Her comments followed my question comparing the current stage of preparation to a student's midterm examination, with the final test coming when the Olympic flame is lit in July 2028.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Not far from the council’s offices someone lit a tire on fire, a move often employed by political parties as a sign of protest.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Femme tunes trilled in the background.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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About 40 minutes away, real birds melodiously chirped and trilled outside its sister hotel, Es Figueral Nou, an 18th-century finca and former fig plantation set among vast agricultural fields.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Verb
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The Original scored with a low blow and absconded a bull rope from El Grande II.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Vandals stole the control stick out of an R train in December while it was parked underground in southern Brooklyn, a month after an unknown thief absconded with two-way radios from a specialized work train parked in the Coney Island Yard.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
Verb
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The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The inning got out of hand with left-hander Brent Suter on the mound.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Sale got out of the first three jams, however, and in the top of the fourth the Braves scored twice off Red Sox rookie Payton Tolle.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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“Scatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatted. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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