scatted

Definition of scattednext
past tense of scat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatted
Verb
  • My grandmother escaped Berlin, Germany through the Kindertransport.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 28 May 2026
  • Court documents described O'Connor providing a boy with a condom and pushing him into a room with an intoxicated girl, who later escaped and locked herself in a bathroom.
    Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Nat King Cole crooned about its kicks in a 1946 hit song.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ventilators hummed in an intensive care unit.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Flares are lit in the PSG end as the players celebrate all over the pitch.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • So the first investment has to be in making sure downtown San José is clean, well-lit, and has a visible, community-friendly presence that makes residents and visitors comfortable.
    Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Femme tunes trilled in the background.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
  • 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
  • The Original scored with a low blow and absconded a bull rope from El Grande II.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • 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
  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The inning got out of hand with left-hander Brent Suter on the mound.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
  • 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 4 Jun. 2026.

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