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scattered

A group of items that are distributed randomly. Her toys were scattered all over the floor. occasional. The weather forecast says scattered showers this morning.

scattered

occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space scattered showers scattered villages (= confused, disconnected) lacking orderly continuity a confused set of instructions a confused dream about the end of the world disconnected fragments of a story scattered thoughts

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Simple sentences

Several buckets were scattered around the floor.
Newspapers lay scattered all over the floor.
The sudden noise scattered the birds.
They were scattered in all directions.
The books and documents are scattered all over your sister's room!
There were empty cans scattered all over the place.
There were toys scattered all over the floor.
Most of the fire survivors are scattered, living in other towns and cities.
Empty cans were scattered about the place.
With a scream the spectators scattered.
Broken glass lay scattered all over the road.
The father picks his socks scattered around the room.
Before tidying up, all my things were lying scattered about in their proper places; afterwards, everything was neatly arranged the devil knows where.
Newspaper stands are scattered here and there throughout the city.
The hungry cat scattered the trash all over the kitchen.
The sky is clear. Lots of stars are scattered across it.

Movie subtitles

They're kind of scattered all over.
Since Nails has gone, his mob has scattered.
Inside are the scattered ruins of 18 hermitages.
The rest of them scattered. It looks like we lost them now, for good.
Scattered units are ordered to report to their commands immediately.
And my ashes scattered in the same place.
Ellen always wanted to be cremated and have her ashes scattered.
She told some people you were in trouble and then, they scattered all over town collecting money.
This year's flowers have been scattered, but when the time comes, they will bloom again.
My brood's scattered.
You found your homes gone, your cattle scattered and your land stolen by carpetbaggers.
The family was scattered.
They scattered us.
You will be found guilty and you will be burnt at the stake and the ashes of your body will be scattered to the four winds.
They're scattered, but still have influence at the court, among university students and bankers.
Boy, they're scattered back all across the desert.
At the same time, the scattered Nazi agents all over the Commonwealth have been unceremoniously clapped into prison.
Obstacles and barriers are scattered around the Potala palace.
The wind came swishing down the chimney and scattered the ashes everywhere.
After cromwell scattered the chivalry of england to the four winds.
They're scattered all through the woods. They'll be killed.
Past the same guards. Then dropped off about 4 kilometers north of the bridge and scattered to wait for tonight.
Each of these red flags scattered through the city stands for a woman brutally murdered, a woman's terror, a woman's death agony.
She told some people you were in trouble, and they scattered all over town collecting money.
Your families will be scattered to the winds.
Inside are the scattered ruins of 18 hermitages. Each is marked by a cypress or two.
I don't think I ought to leave my notes scattered around.
I even scattered my 10 cattle so it won't betray my presence.
The explosions scattered everything all over the place.
Life is a dew. fragile and quickly scattered.
Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks. 10,000 men that fishes gnawed upon. wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl. inestimable stones, unvalued jewels. all scattered at the bottom of the sea.
My news is that through sudden flood and fall of water. the duke of Buckingham's army is dispersed and scattered. and he himself wandered away alone, no man knows whither.
Scattered showers.
You see, me and Clete figure that when they left Silver they scattered.
Why that pattern, just to knock down a few scattered planes?
Graves had been opened in the cemetery and remains scattered about.
We've scattered more reefer stubs around.

News and current affairs

For several decades after the usurpation of their homeland, Palestinians were reduced to aggregates of refugees, some remaining in the newly-created state of Israel as second-class citizens, with others scattered over the Arab World and far beyond.
In a region with a strong indigenous past but a scattered and isolated present, Bolivia is, alongside Guatemala, perhaps the only country in Latin America where indigenous peoples make up a majority of the population.
This can only be done by introducing legal mechanisms to reward those who protect the environment, while making polluters pay, and by helping to unify the environmental watchdogs scattered across different sectors.
But Albania no longer needs the OSCE's staff to be scattered throughout the country to monitor every aspect of its political life.
Most people believe that a few wind turbines can be attractive, but it is an entirely different matter when turbines are scattered across the countryside, or when massive, industrial wind farms extend for miles.
Two million Iraqi refugees are scattered around the region, the great majority of them in Jordan and Syria, with smaller numbers in Turkey, Lebanon, and Egypt.
It is scattered, sporadic and uncoordinated, leaving many areas uncovered.
Prometheus was a benevolent monarch who scattered the fruits of progress among his people.
Powerful vested interests had been built up in the postal monopoly; opposition to it was scattered.
Apart from a few scattered speeches - some by Abbas himself - it never accepted peace and compromise.
Both economic theory and past experience show that scattered national regulators who face conflicting pressures cannot efficiently manage such crises.
His fellow-surfers paddled out into the ocean and formed a circle, sitting on their boards, while his ashes were scattered over the surface.
Unless breeders adapt to the new, coming European era, Romanian pigs, at least those bred on thousands and thousands of small farms scattered across the countryside, seem doomed.
We could see it in Scandinavia, and in scattered pockets elsewhere, but the strong imprint of improved computer and communications technologies on the growth rates of output and productivity economy-wide seemed to be missing.
But scattered moves in the right direction will not suffice.
Likewise, a large number of European citizens and dependents are scattered throughout Africa.
Militant hubs are scattered throughout the sparsely-populated tribal areas, including the North Waziristan, Orakzai, and Mohmand regions.
In any case, Europe's spending on education in the region is scattered among inter-regional, national, and thematic programs, which makes it difficult to see how these funds' effectiveness might be measured.
Hundreds of destroyed communities are scattered deep in the mountains.
To its scattered ethnic groups, it performed the twin roles of referee and bouncer, pacifying indigenous rivalries and protecting pint-sized nations from predatory states.
The EU is by far the largest export market for African goods, and it also offers a home to large communities from almost every African country. Likewise, a large number of European citizens and dependents are scattered throughout Africa.
Worst of all, aid is not reaching those most affected. Hundreds of destroyed communities are scattered deep in the mountains.

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