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verb

past tense of bespatter
as in splattered
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush

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Adjective
  • How To Deep Clean Stained Wood Baseboards For stained wood baseboards, Matthews advises dusting using a dry microfiber cloth and Murphy’s Oil or a wood cleaning oil (remove excessive dirt and crumbs with a vacuum cleaner first).
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The stained glass above the front door had fallen into the street, held up only by a single cord.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the years, Graham was sprayed by grout on a construction site and splattered with oil while cutting timber.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The ballad requires more singing and less shouting — and featured a tattooed Lee playing a white upright piano splattered and streaked with fake blood.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • But on a muddy Tuesday flecked with rain, as the House of the Dragon crew sets to work filming their season-three finale, the signs of a brutal battle that will set the bustling village of Tumbleton ablaze are impossible to ignore.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The mixture of scalloped burl and flecked marble give this console table some compelling texture.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Some rolled and splashed in the shallows, regulating their body temperature after lying in the Arctic sun, others lay motionless, deep in sleep.
    Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Its blood had drawn crooked and contorted lines on the ground, as if a painter had splashed colorful strokes on a canvas to create a postmodern masterpiece.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Instead, Dulai had been clearly beaten and blood was spattered around the room.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • Crime scene technicians called in to help execute a search warrant reported observing blood spattered all over Mao’s bedroom, and a machete and two dumbbells stained with blood.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
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“Bespattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespattered. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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