Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smattered
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As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Charania recently reported that Antetokounmpo was in blockbuster trade talks; the Milwaukee Bucks then trolled ESPN’s insider after the trade deadline.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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In the two days after Pretti died, Bovino relentlessly trolled Democrats who condemned the shooting—and defended Border Patrol agents as the real victims.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Ike, the reigning WCC player of the week, sputtered with his shot most of the night and had to score nine points over the final five minutes to keep his streak going.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Proposals to create public options in Maine and New Mexico also sputtered.—
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2026
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Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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The old man bleated out a laugh.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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As attendees chatted over pizza and Jack Daniel’s, Thiel slipped in through the back door, joining the hipsters on folding chairs.—
James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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The actress chatted with her The Drama co-star Robert Pattinson in a new interview.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Smattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smattered. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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