Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smattered
Verb
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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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At the same time, trolled relentlessly before his September 2024 arrest.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 Dec. 2025
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Lamar fans also trolled Drake over the weekend after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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And when the offense sputtered around midseason, there was little incentive to treat Prescott like a Pro Bowler, at least until the Cowboys’ last gasp at success in December.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The 49ers instead sputtered to a 13-3 defeat at the hands of the Seahawks, who finished the year 14-3.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
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Emma Stone and Ariana Grande, seated just a table away from each other, shared a private moment catching up, while Clooney, Paltrow and Ethan Hawke chatted a few tables over.—
Andrea Mandell,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Falcons long snapper Liam McCullough chatted with reporters Monday.—
D. Orlando Ledbetter,
AJC.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Smattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smattered. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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