Sentences with scatter
scat·ter
S s - She tore the rose apart and scattered the petals over the grave. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
- After dinner, everyone scattered. [VERB]
- Scatter implies a strewing around loosely [to scatter seeds] or a forcible driving apart in different directions [the breeze scattered the papers]; disperse implies a scattering which completely breaks up an assemblage and spreads the individuals far and wide [a people dispersed throughout the world]; dissipate implies complete dissolution, as by crumbling, wasting, etc. [to dissipate a fortune]; dispel suggests a scattering that drives away something that obscures, confuses, troubles, etc. [to dispel fears]
- On the table was a pile of books and a scatter of papers.
- The crowd scattered
- To scatter seeds.
- To scatter a crowd.