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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Once she's done, the video cuts to a pic of child Billie staring down the camera with the cutest smattering of freckles across her face.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Sure enough, a smattering of the invaders were clinging to the redrock in the shade in an area that last year was under water.
    jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Cubs fans greeted Sosa with cheers and only a smattering of boos, which were drown out by the loud applause.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • As well as aliens, Hulu is showing their arch nemeses the Predators some love with a smattering of four Predator movies.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025

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