bespatter

Example Sentences

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I could have done nothing for you but bespatter you with the mire in which I wallowed, and I wanted you, my beautiful one—my pearl, my lily—to be spotless as mountain snow.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes

It seems his pleasure to cast filth into the face of purity; and bespatter innocence with foul imputations.

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

For the future you may besnuff and bespatter your coat as much as you please, for all the trouble I shall ever take.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

He was a proud man, who must hate standing by helplessly, holding the supreme office in Orvieto, watching the two great families bespatter his city with blood.

From The Saracen: The Holy War by Shea, Robert

I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane.

From The Scarlet Letter by Foote, Mary Hallock