He heard a spatter of gunfire. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Two men rolled off the shuttle in a spatter of blood. From Wordnik.com. [Greylorn] Reference
But here the waves John's clothes began to spatter all. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828] Reference
Under her spatter of freckles, her comely face was pale. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
How do you know the difference between a cleanup and blood spatter?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2009] Reference
That keeps just-painted surfaces free of paint spatter or drip marks. From Wordnik.com. [DIY painting: 5 time-saving tips] Reference
While a blood-spatter expert is set to take the stand tomorrow morning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference
GUPTA: Especially (ph) with the blood spatter and the whole (INAUDIBLE). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2005] Reference
Put new spatter-dashes on the son of Tobias and dressing on his sack 2.00. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
ARDEN: You can ` t have spatter under the pillow, and that ` s the problem. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2005] Reference
And it is going to be, like you said it, look at the actual blood spatter pattern. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2008] Reference
She laid heavy emphasis on the relative lack of blood spatter on Spector's white coat. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Justice] Reference
There were serious girls there, but there was always a spatter of irresponsibles as well. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
LEE: OK, the blood spatter usually have defined characteristics, have shape and patterns. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2009] Reference
The poem ends to silence, followed by a small, brave spatter of handclaps, quickly extinguished. From Wordnik.com. [In the Jaws of Kronos Act 1, scene v] Reference
I think as soon as we see any level flying whatsoever, you'll probably see a spatter of mergers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2006] Reference
They're also easier to handle for taller users and are less likely to spatter you with clippings. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Day: Use a string trimmer to manicure your yard] Reference
Then with a swish of leaves in the wind and a spatter of rain in their faces, the candle blew out. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
It was later found there was blood spatter on that cleaning equipment, and that was Raymond Clark. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2009] Reference
spatter resistance: The Martha white tended to spatter more than the others when applied by roller. From Wordnik.com. [Of Walls And Wanting] Reference
They could hear it right enough, the sharp spatter of rifle and musket fire, the deeper sound of field guns. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
An obviously neglected page on the White House Web site "There was a spatter mark every three or four inches.". From Wordnik.com. [Perspectives] Reference
His heavy rubber-boots spatter over the bricks with an echo that startles the sober residents from their slumbers. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860] Reference
A sudden spatter of rain against the window-pane made them both look up in surprise; and in a lighter tone Anstice said. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
As soon therefore as she heard this taunt, she came, crab in hand, to spatter Hu Po's face, as she laughingly reviled her. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The blood spatter, the gunshot residue that you would expect to see on somebody standing that close is just not there on him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2007] Reference
It was only then that he heard the spatter of rifle fire and understood that they were in the middle of an exchange of lead slugs. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Spurs] Reference
It is the property of those who avoid evil, as others avoid the spatter of mud, through horror of the stains which result from it. From Wordnik.com. [Common Sense, How to Exercise It] Reference
All the time bullets were humming overhead like swift and malignant insects, or striking the ground with a spatter of brown earth. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
My first thought had been that the spatter of hot metal had come from the Savannah craft spitting us, but there was no way to be sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Night of the Long Knives] Reference
There was a spatter of tiny missiles on the wall next to him and he had a brief glimpse of raised blowguns before the wall intervened. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
A man would be considered a rowdy or a boor who should wilfully spatter mud on the clothing of a lady as she passed him on the sidewalk. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
And again, there was blood spatter in various locations in the kitchen and different areas of the wall and the floor inside the location. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2009] Reference
Apparently one blob of material from the sun had been tossed all the way here and had landed against a huge rock to spatter into fragments. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
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