How To Use Scatter In A Sentence

Brigalow vegetation is found to the east, and gidgee (A. cambagei) woodlands or shrublands are scattered across the region on alluvium or other more fertile clay soils. Eastern Australia mulga shrublands
I could perceive no trace of a metallic vein, so thoroughly had it been worked out, but scattered over the hillside with schist, talcose slate, and fragments of quartz, was a great deal of scoriae, showing that metal of some kind had been excavated, and that the smelting had been done on the spot. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine
This inversion technique takes into account atmospheric effects on the radiation and spatial variations in the surface emissivity and backscatter.
Nilufer Bharucha, faculty in the department of English and project coordinator, explained that the term diaspora means to be scattered or dispersed across national boundaries, and has been self-consciously used today by postcolonial theorists to describe those who got displaced from their home owing to colonial politics and post-colonial economic realities. Analysis
Besides that, there flourished some tufts of velvety grass, some scattered reeds, two plants of the yellow herb called tansy, four of a red flower, and a pretty white one; but the treasures of the rock consisted of three roots of garlic, which Maie had put in a cleft. The Lilac Fairy Book

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Even in smaller hamlets or regions of scattered farmsteads, forms of interdependence may be recognized in early laws and custumals.
Scattered trees, mainly acacias and junipers, dot the savanna.
Tear the mozzarella into pieces and scatter over, along with the fresh basil and rocket. The Sun
And the latices diameter and distributions were determined by High Performance Particle Size HPPS hpp5001 dynamic laser scatter instrument.
The group scattered and Justin scrambled to the school.
However, there was no sign of desperately needed rain and a westerly roared in from Australia's arid outback, fanning flames and scattering red hot embers to start new blazes.
She absent-mindedly made a neat pile of the scattered magazines on the coffee table.
Too late - at this speed, it's approximately as effective as scattering thumbtacks in front of advancing armour.
Geometrical Theory of Diffraction is a fundamental algorithm in electromagnetic radiating and scattering, and programming is a key step for its application.
Scattered throughout the plasma in cells are organelles called mitochondria.
The surface of the land is scattered with fragments of white silex and fine red jasper, banded with black oligistic iron: this rock, close, hard, and fine enough to bear cutting, appears everywhere in scatters and amongst the conglomerates. The Land of Midian
A light westerly wind blew, gentle as the day, and whipped up the dusts moving them to scattered graves and other surrounding parts of the city.
All these art works depict a scatter- brained character called Bip, who is traditionally dressed in sailor suit and a grey top hat decorated with a red flower.
It feels much more like the scattergun frenzy of a man with things he wants off his chest.
All staff, from Stilwell to the summer interns who answered phones and restocked supply shelves, were assembled and scattered among the desks in the largest space in the headquarters, where partitions had been removed to give them an unobstructed view of their candidate. O: A Presidential Novel
In dense media with lossless reflection arising from multiple scattering, the threshold for laser action is greatly reduced.
There were file cabinets scattered in all sides of the room, and also drawers, cabinets, and tall shelves.
Thallus of very minute inconspicuous and evanescent, brown-black granules; apothecia minute, 0.2 to 0.4 mm. in diameter, adnate, dark brown to black, scattered or clustered, plain with a thin concolorous exciple visible, to convex with the exciple finally covered; hypothecium dark brown; hymenium pale brown; asci clavate; paraphyses coherent-indistinct; spores oblong-ellipsoid, 9 to 15 mic. long and 5 to Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V
His style has a somewhat scattergun effect but there is something for everyone as he progresses.
The bride wore a white satin backless gown scattered with crystals, and carried a bouquet of white roses.
In a secret alliance with the Guild of Commerce, the two powers overthrew the other Guilds and left the refugees to scatter across the continent.
Human impact, mainly from grazing, fires, and firewood collection, has transformed the majority of the existing holm oak forest into secondary, dense shrubland, known as "maquis", or into agroforestry landscapes constituted by scattered trees on grasslands or crops. Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
We also noted the degree of scatter in the correlation: some local authorities with comparable mortality rates have quite different rates of self reported ill health and vice versa.
Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub. Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
In a year as magical as this one, impressive bucks are scattered throughout the state, but those animals won't be easy to see just now.
And the latices diameter and distributions were determined by High Performance Particle Size HPPS hpp5001 dynamic laser scatter instrument.
The first step of this method is to find the critical point by drawing the scatter plot of hydrocarbon content versus the ratio of light hydrocarbon content to heavy hydrocarbon content.
You could knock him for not really interacting with his audience, for the scattergun nature of his approach, or for his awkward way of dealing with a heckle.
He was another expatriate Scot, I think maybe they're the most widely scattered race in the world. FOOLS GOLD
Tear up the basil leaves and scatter them into the salad. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Ettinger's ideas, which he popularized in a 1963 book, "The Prospect of Immortality," spawned what some refer to as the cryonics movement, though by most accounts it is a small endeavor: a scattering of enterprises around the country with dues-paying customers totaling a few thousand, a few hundred of whom have actually been deep-frozen. NYT > Home Page
The typical holding, the group of scattered acres cultivated by one man or held by some two or three in common, was known as a "virgate," or by some equivalent term, and although of no universal equality, was more frequently of thirty acres than of any other number. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
Couches, armchairs and tables were scattered about the place.
Muscles biopsies also showed scattered atrophy consistent with the process of denervation.
She started clawing at the mattress until she broke it open and scattered the fluffy insides all over the cell.
Hippocampus severnsi is distinguished from congeners in having a combination of: extremely small size (height 13 mm, standard length 15 mm); 12 trunk rings; 27 tail rings; reduced ossification of inferior and ventral trunk ridges; 14 dorsal fin rays; 10 pectoral fin rays; anal fin small or absent; medium length snout which lacks a bulbous tip; raised, angular coronet; single gill opening on midline directly behind coronet supported by raised cleithral bone; scattered tubercles on trunk and tail; predominant colour dark brown (sometimes slightly marbled) with large, bright red patch covering dorsolateral surfaces of trunk rings 1-4; tiny white dots scattered all over; pale posterior section of tail with dark transverse bands. Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)
Scatter with the toasted almonds and orange zest. Times, Sunday Times
Arrange the asparagus randomly over the top and scatter with the remaining goat's cheese and the mint leaves. Times, Sunday Times
We collected excellent crystals of tetrahedrite to 5 mm scattered on drusy quartz from a zone in the siliceous envelope of the orebody.
Formerly called the Trust Territory, Micronesia possesses only two-thirds the land area of Rhode Island, yet lies scattered over an expanse of ocean comparable to the contiguous United States.
As DSE units were forced to scatter, individual men and women were left to their own devices until they could once again regroup. Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
The absorption nebula contains dust that scatters starlight and hides stars from our view.
For example, degraded scatterometer measurements from QuikScat can still be useful for cross-calibrating the mission's climate data record with measurements from other scatterometers, including the operational EUMETSAT ASCAT instrument, India's recently launched Oceansat-2 and a planned Chinese scatterometer. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
The chinkara scattered into the scrub as we approached but the blackbuck kept appearing and reappearing, leaping across our path as we drove through the desert.
His staging was awkward; he tended to limit action unnecessarily to small parts of the stage and to scatter furniture about at random.
Has she given her selection the full-on syrup-drowning treatment (not afraid to splurge), or do the scattered half-open jam packets indicate she's a nibbler (delicate, but with a mellow fruity finish)?
Now, less than one percent remains as fragmented remnants scattered across 75,000 hectares.
He says he and his bother Joseph have about 20 bat houses scattered over their 400 acres of walnut trees near Winters, Calif., primarily to get rid of a common pest called the coddling moth. The Seattle Times
Scatter the grilled asparagus over the risotto and drizzle with the gremolata to serve. Times, Sunday Times
Scatter with a little lemon zest and a few extra mint leaves and serve. Times, Sunday Times
Scatter with chopped mint and toasted almond slivers. Times, Sunday Times
Scattered accounts of Tony Fernandez’s postprison activities boggle the mind. Without Pity
About their bared legs the shallow water plashed in palest blues and greens over the gold of sand, and the sky above them was blue almost to whiteness, with a scatter of whiter clouds diaphanous as feathers. His Disposition
It's just a little eccentric, at times too scattergun, but then so was he. Times, Sunday Times
The antennas combine high gain with a directional beam and virtually no backscatter, the company said.
Scatter over aubergine and drizzle with oil. Times, Sunday Times
Scatter the uncooked turnip pieces over the spinach, then scatter the leeks.
It was the kind of unspectacular housing block that makes up vast swaths of the city, scattered in between the genteel stucco mansions that make it into the films. NDTV News - Top Stories
What's worse, none of these genres is given enough time to develop, resulting in a scattered and underdeveloped plot.
Seas shift their beds, rivers change their channels, continents grow old with the weight of years and hoary crowns bestud the islands, while ocean currents grind their rocky feet to dust and scatter their flinty ribs in the secret chambers of the deep. Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D.,
Coat the chicken with olive oil, and scatter with sea salt, pepper and oregano.
In fact, there were cheers and catcalls and laughs scattered throughout the performances - a welcome change from fancy dancy, high-class outings.
The stubble lay scattered with wheat grains, millions of them. Times, Sunday Times
The cremated remains will be scattered over the open sea along with flower petals.
A few trees scattered around gave an agreeable and silvan air to the place; and the chapel, that appeared on a rising ground at some distance from the hamlet, was constructed in a style of pleasing simplicity, which corresponded with the whole scene. Anne of Geierstein
Pickering's hyla, his little bagpipe blown almost to bursting as he tries to rally the scattered summer by his tiny, mighty "skirl. The Hills of Hingham
The older Pekar appears, reflecting on his life in 1960s - 80s Cleveland in interview extracts scattered throughout the film.
Scatter the quartered turnips and broad beans between the carrots and leeks and heat through for 1 minute. Times, Sunday Times
They sit precariously on top of one another on a square of unpainted plywood around which are scattered little metal balls of varying sizes.
The objects within the Kuiper belt, together with the members of the scattered disc and any potential Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Planet-x.com.au » Worlds largest free store of University essays: To user …
First, the researchers used red, green and blue-colored lasers to etch a record of the way light scattered off an object an apple, for instance onto a thin sheet of light-sensitive material called a photoresist, and attached it to a plate of glass. Wired Top Stories
The real beauty of the system is how it standardizes previously scattershot methods of collecting and storing data.
Cluster weapons are highly controversial because they scatter small "bomblets" over a wide area. Obama Says No To Baghdad Stroll With McCain
He glanced briefly about him before continuing along the scattered fringe of trees that girdled it.
The scattering cells consisted of polished borosilicate vials with stoppers.
If we consider the complex character of our people, the variety of races which we have adopted into the Canadian family, the extent of territory over which they are scattered, the diversity of their interests, the difference of languages and resulting handicap in intercommunication, we have cause to marvel that the Canadian nation in so brief a period has become so united as it is. Some Canadian Problems
Those topographic features scatter ambient light in such a way that a three-dimensional image appears.
A hard drop creates a shock that can cause the heads to slap against the hard drive's platter - pieces of the head can be scattered in the drive, and a microscopic dent can be left on the platter.
Peculiarly shaped rocks and hillocks having striking features lie scattered all over the earth.
There were scattered groans from the Petrocchis, and cheers, not quite certain and even more scattered, from the Montanas. THE MAGICIANS OF CAPRONA
To bring about the first of these reactions rapidly, a catalyzer is employed, and the process is carried out in the following way: Large iron tubes are packed with some porous material, such as calcium and magnesium sulphates, which contains a suitable catalytic substance scattered through it. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
Nature and Law compel it: whose direction now is towards grand centripetalism, where before they had ordained heterogeneity and the scattering and aloofness of peoples. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
The bed itself was tented with a dozen pillows scattered on it, again looking as though it had been arranged to await the photographers. A SONG AT TWILIGHT
The technique is based on tracking the fluorescence or scattering signal of a nanoparticle bound to the molecule of interest.
Scatter chopped garlic and parsley on both sides. Times, Sunday Times
The room was full of Legos and random toys scattering the ground.
Officers in gay uniforms were scattered among the dark anchorites, who occupied one end of the table, while the _bourgeoisie_, with here and there a blue-caftaned peasant wedged among them, filled the other end. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864
He might need to be concerned, as the reasonably calm and lucid tone of his email is in direct contrast to his normal abusive scattergun approach.
See now, rounding the headland, a forlorn hopeless bird, trembling black wings fingering the blowy air, dainty and ghostly, careless of the scattering salt.
Despite the shortage of qualified dhammaduta monks, scattered across the West there are a few Theravada viharas and Buddhist centres whose incumbents, in their own quiet and non-assertive way, are working to spread the Dhamma.
I send my miss to the scattering stars and wish you a sweet dream under the light shedding through your window.
But in the well-made cake, the plums are wisely scattered all through, and every mouthful is a pleasure. An Old-Fashioned Girl
We did, and on a day forecast as spoilt by scattered showers and cloud we were rewarded with an absolute pearler.
Hydrodynamic and small angle x-ray scattering measurements show that plant MSP has an extended, prolate ellipsoid shape in solution.
Because of the family's tradition of taking the name of one's parent of the same gender, her brother was the only Preston among many Scotts, more Stuarts, a scatter of MacLaughlins, and one Ishimoto, a great-uncle Dannan remembered with great fondness. THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
Now a scattering of cheaper imitations has arrived that remove as much ambient noise and provide almost as good sound quality for a third the price. Times, Sunday Times
Shortly thereafter CCL made two more opencast mine of about 5 sq.km each displacing villagers in 8 villages and scattered hamlets and this mining is still continuing towards a heavily built-up tribal area in the forest See newspaper report of today by Jaideep Degharia. Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam
We passed a few scattered bothies, smoke rising from the thatched roofs, but the inhabitants and their beasts seemed all within, secured against the cold. Sick Cycle Carousel
A tribe of stray cats scattered as I turned into the yard where Ellen's apartment lay.
One of the simplest ways of demonstrating that an apparent solution is actually a suspension of microscopic particles is through light scattering.
Scatter the ham and bocconcini over the salad. Times, Sunday Times
Once at the ship, the vanguard of the crowd scattered and stood irresolute. THE DISPOSSESSED
It can be distinguished from congeners in having a combination of: postanal length 36·6-44·8 % standard length; pectoral-fin length 14·4-25·9% head length; 34-38 dorsal spines; 42-46 caudal vertebrae; 78-83 total vertebrae; brown background colour without or with only a limited and scattered dark brown reticulate pattern. Practical Fishkeeping
They captured him, but left most of his baggage, together with a lot of papers, scattered about the bivouac where they had captured him.
Unlike the vast majority of semiauto scatterguns, the Benelli is not a gas gun.
The schism that produced competitive health care professions, primarily traditional medicine, osteopathy and chiropractic shattered and scattered fundamental principles for the relief of pain.
Red bandanas and shirts were everywhere, with a scatter of white, but everyone had a dark sweatshirt or jacket to slip into if they heard sirens.
At the camp at Kokinia, outside Athens, 'lorries were being hurriedly packed, stores and equipment were flung about anyhow, officers' valises and suitcases were lying open with their contents scattered around as if the owners had made a hasty choice of their more valuable belongings at the last moment.
There are little patches of yellow on the limes, and a scattering of leaves on the ground beneath. Times, Sunday Times
Early leaves scattered before it, sweeping along the street and piling against the railings of the school.
The energy of the scattered light is abstracted from the original beam.
A quick Google search provided over a dozen domestic websites scattered across Iran from Rasht, a coastal city in the north, to the southern city of Ahwaz. A Craze for Pooches in Iran Dogs the Morality Police
We unpacked them very carefully and pulled them to pieces and scattered the straw about. The Treasure Seekers
We raced almost everyday over the bright blinding green hills with scattered trees here and there.
These gases scatter light from the cosmic microwave background radiation as it passes through the clusters, similar to the way Earth's atmosphere can scatter starlight, making some stars twinkle.
The scattered light is collimated, and simultaneously detected by a fixed array of 18 transimpedance photodiodes, which span an angular region from 22.5 [degrees] to 147 [degrees].
There were tangled ribbons of metal scattered for hundreds of metres, variously shaped satellitic craters and mounds, but of the captain and his trench there was not a single sign. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Between there and the mainland were only a few scattered fishermen, renegades, loners and eccentrics.
Once at the ship, the vanguard of the crowd scattered and stood irresolute. THE DISPOSSESSED
Ultrasonic backscatter does react to changes in structure, however it can not be linked to a determined hardness value using the indentation method.
Visitors scattered as the bear galloped heavily across the road, pursued by the snarling dog. Times, Sunday Times
The farmer scattered the corn in the yard for the hens.
The "bushmen" -- as the men who have bought twenty-acre sections and settled in the bush are called -- had scattered English grass-seed all over the rich leafy mould, and the ground was covered with bright green grass, kept short and thick by a few tame goats browsing about. Station Life in New Zealand
England will not become another Ireland with bungalows scattered over rolling fields. Times, Sunday Times
Scattered between the sleeping cats were several cubs of varying ages and both sexes from small unweaned kittens to half-grown yearlings.
There are impressive patio areas, gazebos and manicured lawns back and front with landscaped borders scattered throughout.
This forest type is dominated by evergreen tree species with scattered deciduous trees such as Dipterocarpus kerri, Anogeissus acuminate, Pometia pinnata and Lagerstroemia calyculata. Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
There are still traces of the Volnay's cargo of munitions scattered about the hold areas: rusting steel warheads, balls of lead shot and sticks of cordite looking like wholemeal spaghetti.
Then trees began along the roadway, first a scattering between structures, then tunnels of dense, overhanging growth — great, straight, ivied trees, passage without exit. For A Day
Human impacts, mainly grazing, fires, and firewood collection, have transformed the majority of the remaining wild olive and carob plant communities into secondary dense shrubs, known as "maquis," and into agro-forestry landscapes comprised of scattered trees on grasslands or crops. Mediterranean woodlands and forests
He will examine the application of non-invasive light scattering techniques to predict formulation stability, using zeta potential, melting points, virial coefficients, and polydispersity measurements of the dilute solution. R&D Mag - News
Scatter the Mozzarella over the pizzas, then garnish with the chopped sun-dried tomatoes.
Spoon the dressing over the salad and scatter with croutons and Parmesan. Times, Sunday Times
As gannets wheeled and dived into the blue-green waters, Muiris scattered most of the ashes over the sea.
Scatter the slivers of garlic and the pine kernels on top of the meat mixture, pressing them down a bit with the flat of your hand.
Settlements were often small, represented archaeologically by stone scatters and traces of a tented encampment.
Mr. Bonner had been recommended to Lord Kitchener, who wanted amorini scattered about the leafy gardens at Broome. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster
Lilac wallpaper and oilcloth on pantry shelves say he was married, and scattered toys suggest children.
Scattered shrubs include two kinds of low-growing blueberries and the dwarf live oak, which is less than a foot tall.
The piece had the hollow report of a blind, scatter-gun blast into the night, the intruder long gone. AMAGANSETT
The burglars left things scattered in great confusion.
In the wild, about 1,600 pandas roam forests scattered across six mountain ranges in southwestern China.
Scatter with the toppings, add a sprinkle of thyme leaves and a grinding of pepper. Times, Sunday Times
Those who used to say never separated, have scattered in the horizon.
The archipelago is a scattering of about fifty islands.
Move the Fanatic 2D6 inches in the direction indicated by the arrow on the scatter dice.
After following the latter for a few miles to the west, we took a path through beautifully wooded plains, with scattered trees of the Mahowa (_Bassia latifolia_), resembling good oaks: the natives distil a kind of arrack from its fleshy flowers, which are also eaten raw. Himalayan Journals — Complete
Scatter the prepared vegetables on the baking sheet and drizzle over the oil and chopped rosemary leaves. Times, Sunday Times
Scatter the anchovy fillets, olives and capers over the top. Times, Sunday Times
Her hair had been curled into ringlets and piled on top of her head; a scattering of pearls gleaming in amongst the curls like crocus buds emerging from rich, dark soil.
The plane, which was full of fuel, scattered flaming fragments over a large area.
Scattered across the asphalt like murderer's footprints, puddles of water turn bloody with sunset"), it vanishes when Stewart settles in to show us freelance detective Diane Fletcher using her ability as a "shaper" (someone who can read and experience the emotions of others) to help policeman Rolly French investigate the death of Jonathan Mask. AvaxHome RSS:
Scatter with chopped mint and toasted almond slivers. Times, Sunday Times
Scatter over the orange zest and lay the vanilla pod on top. Times, Sunday Times
Pretty it up by scattering in rose petals. Times, Sunday Times
Early on, northwest winds brought in a mix of sunshine and scattered wintry showers. Times, Sunday Times
Add a scattering of leafy prints to complete the look, and your neighbours will be green with envy. The Sun
Those without a clue about the basis for the movie will simply be baffled as to why it was made, and why the story had to be told in such a scattershot fashion.
In the night came "a terrible tempest," which scattered the duke's ships "one from another, so that two of them were not in compagnie together in one place;" and when the tempest had done its work, it passed away; and the gales were fair, and the heaven was clear, when, the next day, the earl "halsed up the sayles," and came in sight of Dartmouth. The Last of the Barons — Volume 10
Scattered trees, mainly acacias and junipers, dot the savanna.
Reaching over her opposite shoulder, Ali drew the sword that was strapped there, flicking her wrist to scatter the drops of moisture that had settled on the metal surface.
The clothes were scattered round the room any old how.
The cremains can then either be buried in a cemetery, inurned in a columbarium, scattered or kept for later disposition.
Scatter the grass seed over the lawn.
And the latices diameter and distributions were determined by High Performance Particle Size HPPS hpp5001 dynamic laser scatter instrument.
Designs a scattered control network based on the principle " concentrative monitor and separate control" and programs communication supervisor of the system.
We double-teamed the flocks, an archer in the lead and the scattergun as backup when the birds took to wing, watching for hunting jaegers and glassing from windswept ridgelines. The Great Alaskan Cast and Blast
About a mile behind and to the east of the village the hills commence, but they are very barren, being covered with scanty coarse grass and scattered trees of the Melaleuca cajuputi, from the leaves of which the celebrated cajeput oil is made. The Malay Archipelago
She made a formal declaration that her Majesty, with the assistance of Madame Campan, had packed up all her jewelry some time before the departure; that she was certain of it, as she had found the diamonds, and the cotton which served to wrap them, scattered upon the sofa in the Queen's closet in the 'entresol'; and most assuredly she could only have seen these preparations in the interval between seven in the evening and seven in the morning. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
Lidar uses a pulsating laser source and signals backscattered by molecules and particles are analysed using a specially designed telescope.
PC _ 401 computer system was introduced to the double crystal goniometer for small angle scattering measurement.
Scatter the lawn with grass seed.
The chief divisions of the kingdom are Northern Greece, or Hellas, lying north of the Gulf of Lepanto; the peninsula of the Morea, connected with the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth; and various islands scattered over the greater part of the Grecian Archipelago. A Geography for Beginners.
A crowd of AF officers, young Big Pharma exec trackers, nuke engineers, and a few scattered managers from a plant soon to be closed & sent to China lost all their "comportment". How outrageous would it be for a professor to eat during class?
On the east side of the river are scattered pastures and farm houses, and on the west side is an old lava flow covered with sagebrush.
The stars, which to the number of several millions bespangle the sky, are not scattered uniformly. The Story of the Heavens
They are scattered along narrow, winding village lanes.
In one case a bed, which fortunately was unoccupied, was scattered with broken glass.
Inside the flat will be the usual scattering of bongs and the smell of pot or spilt bong water.
Gathering up his scattered papers, he pushed them into his case.
He's right, but these kinds of pointed attacks have been scattershot.
He went for each opponent in a bewildering flurry of movement, using speed and inventiveness to confuse and to scatter the wits of his opponent. Times, Sunday Times
A number of Cook County vice cops scattered through the room with notebooks and tape machines, sucking up every arraignable word. Underworld
Serve with a dollop of mascarpone and a scattering of mint leaves and a lemon wedge to squeeze over the top. Times, Sunday Times
Every few hours, under hundreds of shanty tents and lean-tos scattered across the hills, they pour mercury from metal flasks into soil that they have dragged in sacks down rutted tracks behind bullocks.
Scatter the remaining chestnuts on top and spoon the rest of the cranberry sauce over. Times, Sunday Times
There were several floatation-boards scattered along the front edge of the swimming pool.
In this paper, scattering phase function of one particle radius is calculated by recursive formula of Mie theory.
The group scattered when police arrived, but police were able to detain 3 Thai men and 4 Russians.
The area we have circled is grouse moor, liberally scattered with boulders and crags and with ‘shooters shelters’, as grouse butts are curiously called here on my new map.
Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the sponge, then add a scattering of almonds. The Sun
The diffracted beam columniation depends on the variable detector distance from the fixed scattering volume.
I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
There were cobwebs and old wooden crates and barrels scattered carelessly about; evidently, this place had once been used for storage.
By the time the scattered troops were mustered, the enemy was already returning home and had to be ambushed in passing while laden with plunder.

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