scatted

past tense of scat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatted
Verb
  • Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.
    Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • William Carney, a man who escaped slavery to become a Union soldier in the Civil War and who was awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the American flag from touching the ground during battle.
    Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Born enslaved in Maryland, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped to the North and emerged as the nation’s leading abolitionist and major literary political figure of his time.
    Melia Patria, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Nat King Cole crooned about its kicks in a 1946 hit song.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Adam Sandler crooned it in the 2006 Click, as the soundtrack to his first kiss with Kate Beckinsale.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That's why the plants often struggle in the average dimly lit living room.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • Louis had lit Bruce on fire with Claudia’s (Delainey Hayles) diary entry as a punishment for raping her.
    Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Experiments were running, discoveries being made, and conferences hummed with new ideas.
    Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • Eye Patch rocked on the balls of his feet and hummed.
    Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Court records show that Rostas, who was in immigration removal proceedings in New York and placed into the Alternative to Detention program, absconded from the program in March 2023.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • The Original scored with a low blow and absconded a bull rope from El Grande II.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Femme tunes trilled in the background.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
  • About 40 minutes away, real birds melodiously chirped and trilled outside its sister hotel, Es Figueral Nou, an 18th-century finca and former fig plantation set among vast agricultural fields.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Bungie quickly got out a few nerfs to items or bugs that were trivializing every boss encounter in the game, but if there is one outlier overpowered meta, that’s just going to stay.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
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“Scatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatted. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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