Used in a Sentence

peppered

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for peppered.

Editorial note

Taking the vtable example -- Go code that I've seen uses vtabley things everywhere (the stdlib is peppered with interface types).

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Seasoned with pepper.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of peppered gathered in one view.

adjective

Seasoned with pepper.

adjective

Speckled.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for peppered.

adjective

Seasoned with pepper.

adjective

Speckled.

Example sentences

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Taking the vtable example -- Go code that I've seen uses vtabley things everywhere (the stdlib is peppered with interface types).

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Apparently (based on a bit of googling) it's very common to be peppered by birdshot when hunting birds.

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Also, Silicon Valley is not a university, though there are certainly a few peppered throughout the valley.

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The whole article is peppered with jabs at Andreesen's personality, skill-set, track record, self-awareness and skull shape.

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There isn't anything negative about doing it, just posting a list of stupid ideas peppered with satirised versions of common ideas.

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People want walkable environments with 24/7 activity, not just buildings peppered throughout parking lots.

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I have had general anxiety peppered with OCD for the past 10+ years of my life, about basically everything.

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Examples of this are peppered throughout ‘Space-Time Algebra’, despite its short length, and some of them are effectively still research topics for the future.

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Has Speigel reported on the ubiquitous US spy stations peppered throughout Europe?

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Conclusion: statistically significant is the magic word peppered throughout academic literature.

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Twitter's current loyal and core userbase uses it to express a personal opinion, a random thought or an emotion, often peppered with slang words and abbreviations.

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Obama saw what happened in 2 elections and these new agencies are peppered with the people that used agile tech to great advantage on the campaign.

Quote examples

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An ordinary "healthy person" would have been happy say 25 years with ordinary "healthy" incidents of fear, even trauma, peppered throughout their lifetime.

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This is what happens in the evolution debate on a regular basis: someone comes up with some minor technical complaint about peppered moth observation, spends a long time debating it, and then declares that evolution is "in controversy" despite the fact that even if their complaints were valid, there are thousands of other pieces of evidence in favor of the larger theory.

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This article is based mostly on anonymous anecdotes and is peppered with weasel words, for example: "More broadly, some economists say..." "Workers with children say..." The one piece of data I saw, the number of women in the workforce, has a truncated Y scale.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use peppered in a sentence?

Taking the vtable example -- Go code that I've seen uses vtabley things everywhere (the stdlib is peppered with interface types).

What does peppered mean?

Seasoned with pepper.

What part of speech is peppered?

peppered is commonly used as adjective.