spatter

Example Sentences

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“We don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles, blood spatter analysis, all of those things we would normally get at a crime scene.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Mejia also said that he saw what appeared to be blood spatter on Grossman’s vehicle, but that he did not have the material analyzed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024

“Blood stain analysis, bullet analysis, blood spatter analysis. Those things.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

In the defense’s defense, there isn’t strong physical evidence—blood spatter on clothing, fingerprints or footprints, or a definitive murder weapon—tying Alex Murdaugh to the killings.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2023

The light swept across the surface, making a spatter of ink- gold splotches before it stopped, abruptly.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd