smattering

How To Use smattering In A Sentence

• He has learnt a smattering of Arabic and loves the convivial atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
• There was a brief flare of white light, and the Goddess vanished, leaving only a smattering of loose tinsel behind.
• The classics are retained as a subject in which all must qualify; and the education provided for the ordinary passman is of a contemptible, smattering kind; it is really no education at all. From a College Window
• There was a small red carpet, with candles around it and a smattering of journalists and photographers, talking to important personages and taking their pictures.
• Supposedly a speciality in Naples (where it goes by the name pizzelle fritte or montanare) the pizza-maker rolls out a small portion of dough and fries it on a pan in a smattering of olive oil, occasionally covering the pan until the dough is crisped. Slice
• It was fairly empty, with smatterings of people milling around.
• A buttery triple-layer yellow cake gets a topping of the smoothest, deep dark-chocolate ganache, with a smattering of semisweet mini chocolate chips for good measure.
• Carvel, "within their limits, are works of art;" The Inside of the Cup "is no more than a compendium of paralogy, as silly and smattering as a speech by William Jennings Bryan or a shocker by Jane Addams. A Book of Prefaces
• The town is distinctly Italian in feel, with a smattering of luxury hotels and art galleries tucked away in its winding, narrow streets.
• He has a smattering of Arabic, and has knowledge of the way the Islamic people in the Gulf States and the surrounding areas act and react.