spattering

At one time it was "spattering," when all faces and fingers had a tendency to smudges of India ink; and there was hardly a fine comb or tooth-brush fit for use in the establishment.

What Katy Did at School

He heard drops of water spattering stones all around.

End of Time

Reed staggered back as blood poured down his face, spattering red across his shoulder and chest.

The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Seven

The canisters ticked a few seconds before geysering upwards, thick jets of liquid spattering off the ceiling, foaming and filling the space, securing his hunched form in a bubble of packing foam.

365 tomorrows » 2010 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day

I roared, blood wine spattering my lips as the person trying to pour it in could no longer reach.

Crossed

Fragments of sunlight pierced the thick canopy, spattering them with shifting flecks of light.

End of Time

A cursory glance at the list of honorees reminds one of the political underpinnings that dominate the awards 'list with only a spattering of awardees who actually did work for the community, humanity or the environment.

Saad Khan: Nobel Peace Prize: For Peace or for Politics?

The corpse lay facedown in the mud, his bottle green coat twisted up around his chest, mud and blood spattering his buckskin breeches, a spent pistol clutched in his cold hand.

Earl of Durkness

A cursory glance at the list of honorees reminds one of the political underpinnings that dominate the awards 'list with only a spattering of awardees who actually did work for the community, humanity or the environment.

Saad Khan: Nobel Peace Prize: For Peace or for Politics?

Dipped his pen in the ink, drops spattering the paper like blood.

Earl of Durkness