SCATTER in a Sentence
Learn SCATTER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
207 example sentences for SCATTER, such as:
1. We scatter, pallid at the sight.
2. Her ashes were scattered at sea.
3. And scatter flowers on the dust I love.
4. The police scattered the disorderly crowd.
5. The birds scattered at the sound of the gun.
2. Her ashes were scattered at sea.
3. And scatter flowers on the dust I love.
4. The police scattered the disorderly crowd.
5. The birds scattered at the sound of the gun.
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Meanings and Examples of SCATTER
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scatter
v. to cause to separate and go in different directions
v. distribute loosely
Classic Sentence: (188 in 13 pages)
1 We scatter, pallid at the sight.
2 Some scatter to the ships and run for the safety of the shore; some in craven fear again climb the huge horse, and hide in the belly they knew.
3 Their company will scatter for shelter in the dim darkness; Dido and the Trojan captain shall take refuge in the same cavern.
4 A rain-cloud comes down mingled with hail; the Tyrian train and the men of Troy, and the Dardanian boy of Venus' son scatter in fear, and seek shelter far over the fields.
5 The waves sink to rest, and the swoln water-ways smooth out under the thundering axle; the storm-clouds scatter from the vast sky.
6 They, turning their eyes towards the sunrising, scatter salted corn from their hands and clip the beasts with steel over the temples, and pour cups on the altars.
7 But even as she strained her eyes down the darkening road, she heard a pounding of hooves at the bottom of the pasture hill and saw the horses and cows scatter in fright.
8 If old Rad were here now, I'd tell him to jump overboard and scatter 'em.'
9 "We'd share it, and scatter it together," he said.
10 Those out-of-work wretches would stand about the packing houses every morning till the police drove them away, and then they would scatter among the saloons.
11 If then the Count meant to scatter these ghastly refuges of his over London, these places were chosen as the first of delivery, so that later he might distribute more fully.
12 And so he progress, and he scatter these graves of him; and none but he know where they are hidden.
13 That he scatter his money in making quick inquiry as to what ship sails for the Black Sea and for where.
14 And scatter flowers on the dust I love.
15 In particular did Khlobuev expand, and wax full of civility and friendliness, and scatter witticisms and anecdotes to right and left.
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 Still, it's kind of hilarious to watch them scatter from the light.
2 Large vases of flowers were liberally scattered about the room.
3 Wreckage from the plane was scattered over a wide area.
4 The farmer scattered the corn in the yard for the hens.
5 The birds scattered at the sound of the gun.
6 The police scattered the disorderly crowd.
7 When the police arrived, the crowd scattered in all directions.
8 There were plenty of books and magazines scattered around, but none seemed to relate to any academic studies she could identify.
9 Those who used to say never separated, have scattered in the horizon.
10 Her ashes were scattered at sea.
11 Because the edges of the tube curve away from the film, the x-rays get scattered about, causing distortion.
12 So I got all my traps into my canoe again so as to have them out of sight, and I put out the fire and scattered the ashes around to look like an old last year's camp, and then clumb a tree.
13 One reason of the distance yet observed between us was, that he was comparatively seldom at home: a large proportion of his time appeared devoted to visiting the sick and poor among the scattered population of his parish.
14 All the rescuers found in the mountains of Venezuela was the scattered wreckage of the plane and the charred corpse of its occupant.
15 Having spread the quilt and folded my night-dress, I went to the window-seat to put in order some picture-books and doll's house furniture scattered there.