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Meanings of bespattered in English

Splashed.

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Usage of bespattered in English
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The latter looked critically at the dust-bespattered panels and then at Joe.
Stubble
2
That had been bespattered with blood, but it had been wiped away.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
3
Then catching herself, she glanced down at her wrinkled and blood-bespattered dress.
Triple Spies
4
It evinced more activity than its fellow of the moon- bespattered garb.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
5
They arose, and after despairing glances at their bespattered garments, trudged on.
Visionaries
6
The soldiery applauded this revolutionary licence, and bespattered their chief with similar terms.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
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He was still unwashed and terrible to look upon, all blood-bespattered.
St. Martin's Summer
8
For an answer he sat down where he was, on the dust-bespattered margin.
The Longest Journey
9
This one day had coarsened my whole mind, bespattered my soul with shamelessness.
Hunger
10
He always assumes that the murderer must have walked away bespattered with blood.
The Complete Jack the Ripper
11
The trees in the Park were bespattered with young leaves.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
12
He was wet indeed, and bespattered with the blackest mud in the three kingdoms.
The History of David Grieve
13
Several were in ruins, and the walls, in many places, were bespattered with bullet-marks.
In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots
14
For the other loyal subjects of the king had liberally bespattered them with mud.
Inns and Taverns of Old London
15
The next moment he saw it dolorously bespattered with eggs.
Middlemarch
16
Whilst he was at sacrifice, he was bespattered with the blood of a flamingo.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 04: Caligula
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