scatted

past tense of scat

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.
    Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Emilio Buitrago, who was born in Venezuela but moved to Philadelphia in the 1990s, says his cousin narrowly escaped her apartment building during the earthquakes.
    Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • And this has not escaped Justice Alito's notice.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 25 June 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
  • Fireworks can't be lit on public or private property without the owner's permission, and fireworks must not be set off within 150 feet of a building or vehicle regardless of who owns the property, according to the city.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • Then, a thousand years after Rome fell to barbarians, Italy brightly lit the paths of the Renaissance for others to follow.
    Gary Grasso, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 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
  • Court records show that Rostas, who was in immigration removal proceedings in New York and placed into the Alternative to Detention program, absconded from the program in March 2023.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • The Original scored with a low blow and absconded a bull rope from El Grande II.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 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
  • Prosecutors said Espinosa and Esquibel arrived at Zaytsev’s home, where Espinosa got out of their vehicle, went to where Zaytsev was sitting in his vehicle and shot the CVS manager multiple times in the head.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • The Shinnecock record is 63, set by Tommy Fleetwood in the final round of the 2018 Open after the USGA soaked the course to make up for a third round that dried out and got out of control.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
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“Scatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatted. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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