How to Use spate in a Sentence

spate

noun

• A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
• There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
• The movement is linked to a spate of attacks in the last few years.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• So does the recent spate of bumper sales mean the time for tea has come again?
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
• There was a very fun spate of teen horror movies in the late '90s and early '00s.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• The concerns were prompted by a spate of whale deaths off the East Coast last year.
  — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• The brief encounter was just the latest in a spate of recent outings.
  — Hilary Shenfeld, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• The hip-hop mogul's arrest follows a spate of legal woes for the Bad Boy Records founder.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
• That idea was furthered by a spate of long scarves at both Diesel and Lanvin.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
• The country has been plagued by a spate of gun violence.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023
• For the restaurants themselves, the spate of people looking for work has been a boon.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
• On the flip side, the Steelers are also dealing with a spate of injuries.
  — Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
• The toppling of Bazoum was just the latest in a spate of recent coups stretching from one side of Africa to the other.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
• New York City, which has seen a spike in e-bike use since the start of the pandemic in 2020, has seen a spate of battery fires.
  — Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
• Her slaying was among a spate of homicides in Mobile in late May. Sgt.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 25 July 2022
• The mass shooting was part of a spate of violence that has stunned the nation in recent weeks.
  — New York Times, 12 June 2022
• The thefts at the tool library reflect how few communities have been spared from the spate and fear of crime in D.C.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• The ordinance was passed amid a spate of gun violence and mass shootings across the U.S.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 17 May 2022
• Could the spate of unexplained aircraft have any relation to the ones that were shot down?
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
• Long before that spate of colonizers, though, the Arab world had strong ties to Kochi.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 15 Apr. 2024
• But many of the system’s achievements get overshadowed by spates of crime.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• The Texas Hill Country has seen a spate of rabies infections this year.
  — Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2024
• Kharkiv is close to the Russian border and has seen a spate of deadly attacks in recent months.
  — Radina Gigova, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
• The recent spate of layoffs may begin to change that picture.
  — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
• The spate of attacks has also caused tensions between Iraq and Iran.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
• The spate of shootings has left three teens dead and another 14 wounded.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2023
• Fitzgerald said the message to the community in the spate of violence over the past week remains the same.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 13 Aug. 2022
• Whether the horse was fit to run or not, the decision to scratch was made because the people at Churchill were spooked by a spate of deaths on the racetrack over the past week.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
• The incident is the latest in a spate of recent attacks in China.
  — Peter Guo, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024
• His accident is the latest in a spate of celebrity accidents on moving vehicles, from scooters to bikes.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024