bespatter

Example Sentences

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A regular army of the "System's" votaries must have been out working like Trojans to stop my work, to discredit me, to bespatter me with its dirt.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William

Jawp, to throw water upon a person, to bespatter.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

He felt the foam from their mouths bespatter him, and their hot, foul breath fan his face.

From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann

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

This sincerity, abused as any good thing is liable to be, now and then grows scandalous; but still, Tom, though they may bespatter you with mud, nobody ever thinks you too dirty for society.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James