How to Use spat in a Sentence

spat

1 of 2 noun
Definition of spatnext
Synonyms for spatnext
  • While Weed was on the ground, the 16-year-old spat on him, the release reads.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Some years, there were few or no spat on the ropes at all.
    — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • His skin toughened against the acidic pulp that the plant spat when cleaved.
    — Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Judy gives a large share of the credit for the 2023 spat set to drought conditions.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
  • They were denied service, kicked, spat on and called racial slurs.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Don’t dismiss the consequences of last week’s flash-in-the-pan culture spat.
    — Ketan Joshi, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Growing up in southeast London in the 1980s, de Monterey is spat at on the street and prayed over at church.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 July 2023
  • In 1968, in a game at the Cotton Bowl, a player from the other team rolled over LeVias, spat in his face and made strong racial remarks.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This year’s spat set is no guarantee that next year’s will be anywhere as good.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But both react in the exact same way to a minor spat over exiting a spot.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
  • LaLiga requested the step in a spat over unpaid TV rights.
    — Thomas Gualtieri, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • There’s no sign of this spat being resolved anytime soon.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But the Trump administration chose not to take part amid a trade spat between the U.S. and China.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2020
  • As three policemen escorted Frey out, one of them grabbed Frey’s arm and spat at him.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But aside from the Kimmel spat, Santos has remained largely unfazed by the trolls.
    — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The spat shouldn’t affect Ryanair’s profit guidance, but will weigh on short-term yields, the company said.
    — Leonard Kehnscherper, Bloomberg.com, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Amid the spat, Billy and Mayfair are shot to death by Snow and Spruce, causing the mayor to go on a rampage in town to find their murderers.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, without a doubt, the recent spat of flagrant fouls is concerning.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2024
  • After several spats with their fellow campmates and refusal to do a challenge, the pair tried to quit the game three times.
    — Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2023
  • But if your relatives were spread over 67 acres, those spats may be minimized.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 June 2023
  • And Sony and Microsoft have been in an ongoing spat over the future of the Call of Duty franchise, which is one of the biggest in gaming.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Vinícius apparently also got into a spat with one of the ball boys at the Metropolitano.
    — Tales Azzoni, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Adding worries on top of that is the latest political spat over the nation's debt limit.
    — CBS News, 2 May 2023
  • Like spats or wingtip collars, the valet stand feels like a relic from an earlier, more elegant age.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Refusing to compromise sparks a romantic spat as the moon aligns with Mars.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
  • After a spat with her beau, O'Hair got back into her car very early on a Monday morning to return to Chicago and her job.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The giant hole will hold the equivalent of 20 Olympic swimming pools of dirty water that will now be treated rather than being spat raw through storm drains in the river.
    — John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The version of manliness the ‘93 team beamed into every young mind in the tri-state area involved grapefruit-sized hunks of tobacco, chewed and spat.
    — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Their romance might have been the plot of an MGM musical of the ’40s, with spats, breakups, reconciliations and plenty of songs.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The spat escalated into Blunt calling Gosling out for having to have his abs painted on, which struck a deeper chord than any other shots that were fired.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2024
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spat

2 of 2 verb
  • They were typical sisters, spatting one minute, playing together the next.
  • He is alleged to have called a Jewish man a slur, threatened to kill him and spat on him.
    — NBC News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Capitalism devoured America from the inside out and then spat out the bones.
    — Sarah Jones, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2021
  • As a Black man operating a transit vehicle, Berley Roberts Sr. faced passengers who spat at him and made racist remarks.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Burst pipes spat more than 4 feet of water into the Hall’s boiler room, with flooding and humidity causing damage throughout the building, and to the priceless historical documents within.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • They were typical sisters, spatting one minute, playing together the next.
  • He is alleged to have called a Jewish man a slur, threatened to kill him and spat on him.
    — NBC News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Capitalism devoured America from the inside out and then spat out the bones.
    — Sarah Jones, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2021
  • As a Black man operating a transit vehicle, Berley Roberts Sr. faced passengers who spat at him and made racist remarks.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Burst pipes spat more than 4 feet of water into the Hall’s boiler room, with flooding and humidity causing damage throughout the building, and to the priceless historical documents within.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • They were typical sisters, spatting one minute, playing together the next.
  • He is alleged to have called a Jewish man a slur, threatened to kill him and spat on him.
    — NBC News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Capitalism devoured America from the inside out and then spat out the bones.
    — Sarah Jones, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2021
  • As a Black man operating a transit vehicle, Berley Roberts Sr. faced passengers who spat at him and made racist remarks.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Burst pipes spat more than 4 feet of water into the Hall’s boiler room, with flooding and humidity causing damage throughout the building, and to the priceless historical documents within.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • They were typical sisters, spatting one minute, playing together the next.
  • He is alleged to have called a Jewish man a slur, threatened to kill him and spat on him.
    — NBC News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Capitalism devoured America from the inside out and then spat out the bones.
    — Sarah Jones, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2021
  • As a Black man operating a transit vehicle, Berley Roberts Sr. faced passengers who spat at him and made racist remarks.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Burst pipes spat more than 4 feet of water into the Hall’s boiler room, with flooding and humidity causing damage throughout the building, and to the priceless historical documents within.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021

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