sprayed

past tense of spray
as in sprinkled
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on sprayed the lawn with pesticides

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Recent Examples of sprayed The shared affinity was clear in the celebration, as Mesa sprayed Cash with alcohol, and Vilade and Erik Neander, the team’s president of baseball operations, embraced while Vilade was interviewed. — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 The castles are built by hand using sprayed and dripped water to form pillars, tunnels, fountains, crawl spaces and slides. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Or throw a huge block of cheese into a wood chipper and get sprayed with the cheese. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Details of the attack in court document report Williams sprayed the man with bear repellant, struck him with a Chevy Tahoe, then tried to hit him twice more with the vehicle. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Many farmworkers who were interviewed, including Lopez, who was sprayed in the raisin field, said employers did not provide pesticide safety training. — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Once the party moved inside, the Rays sprayed bubbly and beer on each other while jumping up and down and dancing to loud music in their clubhouse. — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026 Detainees at the detention center have complained about being pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions, the Associated Press reported in January. — Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026 So Williams got a job as a driver who sprayed homes, businesses and public areas with chemicals that killed mosquito larvae. — Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprayed
Verb
  • The Fort Worth list indicates restaurants mostly downtown, the Shops at Clearfork and a few sprinkled in the Stockyards.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The songs, contemporary pop sprinkled with disco pixie dust, are of a piece with the tone of Benanti’s self-skewering comedy.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Such parties, often thrown by the grandes dames of Washington in their palaces dotted around town, were an opportunity for political rivals to meet in fizzing comity over catered meals and coupes of Bollinger.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The highway running parallel to Gaza, where militants gunned down people trying to flee, is dotted with memorials.
    — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • The attendees also peppered Talarico with questions about voter ID and the national debt.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Surprising, quirky additions are peppered throughout, such as a small trompe l’oeil ceiling fresco of a conservatory roof, complete with climbing roses and birds.
    — Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026

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“Sprayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprayed. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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