How to Use spreader in a Sentence

spreader

noun

• Mosquito are spreaders of disease.
• To use, spread it across the lawn by hand or in a spreader.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2022
• He was called a virus-spreader, a job-killer, a liar and a sleaze.
  — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021
• The bolt holding the spreader to the mast was bent, Appel said.
  — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• The bag will tell you what rate to set the spreader to achieve the pounds of nitrogen.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2022
• The city deployed 300 plows and salt spreaders to clear its streets.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2018
• Using the chips spreader, turn a crank handle, which throws a spray of chips out the front.
  — James Dulley, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2020
• The common wisdom is that rat fleas were the big spreaders.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 3 June 2024
• All four will be equipped with snow plows, and three will also have salt spreaders, the memo said.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• What happened to the franchise that brought us spreader-bars and Ben Wa balls?
  — Patti Greco, Cosmopolitan, 8 Feb. 2018
• Hold the rubber edge of the spreader at a 45-degree angle.
  — The Editors Of House Beautiful, House Beautiful, 11 Feb. 2015
• Grab a baguette and some mustard, then throw your jars, some spreaders and spoons in a cooler and go.
  — Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2019
• That being said, nobody wants to be the host of a super spreader event!
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2022
• To attach to the stand, this set includes hanging chains and wood spreader bars on each end.
  — Ambar Pardilla, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2021
• Eating indoors, on the other hand, has been shown to be a spreader.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
• These days, such a stunt might be labeled a super-spreader rather than a dance.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• The game was likely a spreader event that led to both programs being paused.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2021
• Sturgis has seeded acres and acres of food plots with this $50 bag spreader.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 6 July 2020
• By then, their career as a spreader of the disease is pretty much over.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 19 Nov. 2021
• The more clicks and views a spreader of these rumors gets, the more their voice is amplified and able to be monetized.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
• Gifted niceties such as ice buckets and cheese spreaders found new homes.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
• While John was up front, wrestling with the life raft, the 79-foot-tall mast fell and its spreaders sliced through his leg at the shin, nearly severing it.
  — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Aug. 2017
• But the coronavirus, a silent spreader, had surely been there, too.
  — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
• Perfect to tote to a party as a hostess gift, the set of three cheese utensils includes a knife, spreader and slicer.
  — Jessica Migala, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2019
• Appel told the Navy that four days after the storm abated, the spreader, a part of the ship's mast and sail apparatus, broke.
  — Euan McKirdy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2017
• At the moment, the disease hasn't become a super-spreader like SARS.
  — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 24 Jan. 2020
• But for bulkier things, such as a seed spreader or bins of seasonal goods, wider shelves are best.
  — Nevin Martell, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Some reports place children at the center of spreader events.
  — Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2020
• For even coverage, apply half the seed making passes with the spreader in one direction, then apply the second half of the seed in the opposite direction.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
• The researchers replicated the effect in the yellow fever mosquito, A. aegypti, which is dengue’s other main spreader.
  — Catherine Offord, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024