Synonyms of sprayed

sprayed

verb

past tense of spray

as in sprinkled

to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on

sprayed the lawn with pesticides

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinkled
• dotted
• peppered
• strewed
• scattered
• spotted
• dusted
• drizzled
• sowed
• bestrewed
• studded
• flecked
• blanketed
• speckled
• spattered
• dappled
• stippled
• bespattered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sprayed

Video of the arrest shows Ludwig being dragged out of the car, thrown onto the ground, and then pepper-sprayed as Govindbhai tries to put Ludwig's arms behind his back. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

The food waste is sprayed with bleach, deodorizer and water before it’s covered and hauled to a landfill in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles. — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Miller helped subdue Manz, who was pepper-sprayed and arrested. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Masked federal agents have pepper-sprayed a 72-year-old woman near a park, and agents appeared at a hospital emergency room to treat a detainee. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

Police said at the time that multiple suspects arrived in a Chevy Equinox, and a passenger in the car fired a pistol before the driver got out and sprayed the residence with bullets from a rifle. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

Von Lyskowski and his workers sprayed some trees with nematodes, a parasitic worm that kills caterpillars and reproduces inside their carcasses. — Ben Crair, New Yorker, 31 July 2026

In the skies over Vietnam, Jack watched Agent Orange sprayed from low-altitude planes. — Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026