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verb

past tense of spot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of spotted
Adjective
The spotted lanternfly enters the adult moth stage during the late summer and fall. Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025 Photos show the tan-brown geckos and their spotted pattern. Aspen Pflughoeft july 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
Verb
Birders will likely be delighted with the number of species that have been spotted — over 80 — including kingfishers, cormorants and herons. Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 He was arrested after a Secret Service agent spotted a man hiding with a rifle in the bushes of a golf course where the president was playing, just one hole away. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spotted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotted
Adjective
  • Prospects seem good that someone will sign on the dotted line during or soon after the Toronto event.
    Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, at Copenhagen Fashion Week in August, show-goers seemed to favor the print above the usual suspects — florals, stripes and leopard spots — with several completing their looks with dotted neck ties, windbreakers, blazers, bloomer shorts or bandanas.
    Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The sale features the cream option for light-colored style combinations or a pop of contrast with darker clothes.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • During their first night out together, the couple ducks into a Spanish nightclub, drinking under a smear of colored lights and then dancing.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This article is specific to DraftKings with a little bit of FanDuel sprinkled in.
    Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Bone meal sprinkled around the plant and watered into the soil is a good source of phosphorus.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Velasco quickly noticed improvements within his classroom.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Officers didn’t find an injured person, but noticed a man with a knife approaching them.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That's despite calls from agency staff for Kennedy to tone down such rhetoric after a gunman—who was influenced by vaccine misinformation and the vilification of the public health agency—sprayed the CDC campus with over 500 rounds and killed a local police officer last month.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Ferreira sprayed the ball wide to Alex Roldan, Cristian’s younger brother.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The whole rug needs to get wet or colors in the fiber could migrate and result in a blotched look.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Its leaves are deciduous and sometimes white-blotched.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2021
Verb
  • Suarez, the 38-year-old Uruguayan icon and one of the greatest strikers in history with more than 500 goals for club and country, has had his legacy stained by disciplinary issues.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bricks look weathered and soot-stained, there’s graffiti on the walls, posters are peeling off them and shadows of moving people are even projected onto the windows of the train in the station.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The trees were cut down, sawed in half, hollowed out and tied back together for the musicians to use.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Spotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotted. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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