How to Use smattering in a Sentence

smattering

noun

• She only knows a smattering of German.
• The call to punt was met with a smattering of boos, but the decision proved to be the right one.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2022
• The body stance is a smattering of sedan, hatch, and crossover in one shape.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2021
• Next year, there may be more than a smattering of fans to watch them.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2020
• David Blough replaced Goff for the game’s series, to cheers from the smattering of fans still left in the stands.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2021
• Yes, a smattering of Chinese stocks and bonds are tucked away in them.
  — New York Times, 23 July 2021
• Only a smattering of starters — or potential starters — took the AT&T field for the team’s 28-23 loss to the Jaguars.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• There was only a smattering of blue in the black and orange crowd.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
• The top symptoms were a sore, scratchy throat and a smattering of sniffles.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
• At the mention of Harvard, there was a smattering of boos.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
• This list is just a smattering of the blended scotch whiskies that are worth a second look.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• The fan eventually leaped off stage to a smattering of boos from the crowd.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• The resort had already seen a smattering of storms in the months before.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Palau, a smattering of tiny islands off the coast of the Philippines, both loves and protects its sharks.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2021
• By the end, there was a smattering of boos coming down after a 4-0 loss to the Utah Hockey Club.
  — Michael Russo, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
• The Pac-12 puts out its all-conference team this week, and the Beavers should have a smattering of support.
  — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2020
• Players were allowed just two guests for the game, and there was a smattering of cardboard cutouts near the field.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2020
• But when Navratilova took the second set 6-4, there came a smattering of boos.
  — Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
• Any smattering of Angels fans who chose to boo him were drowned out by the grateful Angels fans and the Dodgers fans.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 4 Sep. 2024
• The Sheraton and a smattering of hotels at the southeast corner of the airfield stood in the way.
  — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 3 Sep. 2021
• With 68 teams and perhaps even a smattering of fans in the area, downtown hotels would be full.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Nov. 2020
• Yet still, people live there–mostly in a smattering of coastal cities and towns.
  — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 20 Feb. 2025
• Inspired by reruns of The Brady Bunch, my hair is short and feathered with a smattering of fuschia strands.
  — Lena Dunham, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2022
• The reaction, at a gig in 1978, was a smattering of applause.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
• Ok, so this is a long column, with just a smattering of the ideas people offered.
  — cleveland, 14 May 2022
• Israel has only a smattering of baseball fields, and some of the players on the squad hold day jobs.
  — Sean Gregory/tokyo, Time, 29 July 2021
• Even the red of the apple is clear in the shadows below the front pumpkin; same for the green grass with some bright spots via sun rays in a smattering.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 20 Oct. 2020
• The job was one of the few available to him in the smattering of tiny communities of mud-brick houses that line the edge of the forest here.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2022
• Here’s just a smattering of grade A chances Rantanen has had or has created.
  — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
• For the last few decades, only a smattering of quirky historians and cult devotees have paid much attention to him.
  — Aroop Mukharji, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025