21. But some photographs taken during the inspections show only a spattering of spray-on fireproofing. 22. Although there is a spattering of home enterprises, most commercial activities have disappeared from Providence. 23. He combined oil painting and collage, employing intense colors, broken surfaces and expressionistic spattering . 24. She manipulates the viscosity then engages in torching, spattering , dripping and layering her material. 25. Blend in ketchup; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly to avoid spattering . 26. A spattering of fishermen cast their lines to tempt gilled prizes hiding in the beds of kelp. 27. To minimize the spattering , quickly uncover the skillet, and remove the chicken to a plate. 28. I lay inside reading V . S . Naipaul and listening to raindrops spattering on the canvas. 29. The bullets hit the first Marine in the face, his blood spattering the Marine behind him. 30. The cook had just baked a batch, the explosion spattering most of it on the deck.