Used in a Sentence

spraying

How to use spraying in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for spraying.

Editorial note

Otherwise it might end up spraying old feces back to me.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

noun

a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets"

noun

the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spraying.

noun

the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

noun

a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets"

noun

the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer

Example sentences

1

Otherwise it might end up spraying old feces back to me.

2

* What is the algorithm for the toilet's spraying?

3

Both these woman were struck by bullets from cops just spraying them with bullets, its amazing.

4

I was amused by the part where the cop saw him spraying the second stencil onto City Hall, ignored it and drove off.

5

I was replacing a nozzle every 4 weeks on a relatively small 12 nozzle spraying system.

6

VCs seem to be shifting toward a strategy of spraying money at early stage startups, and then ruthlessly culling them at the next stage.

7

Amusingly: the Linux BPF JIT was at one point used as an aid to memory corruption, by jit-spraying kernel memory.

8

The odds of getting droplets in the eye, on a small cut on your skin, etc... as a healthcare worker are very high if someone is spraying virus-laden blood all over the place.

9

DVD span to full speed and promptly shattered taking the drive fascia off and spraying everyone with bits of "I told you so".He now puts up scaffolding which worries me even more...

10

There was a use of DDT -- spraying inside your house -- which had low environmental impact and which insects could not develop resistance to, because the concentrations stay high.

11

It includes violent arrest tactics; police are trained in "pain compliance" techniques, which include spraying pepper spray into protesters eyes, and forcing their eyes open to do so.

12

My favorite part is where he looks at the cop in the car and keeps right on spraying:As I moved the can back and forth, a police officer in an Interceptor go-cart saw me, slammed on his brakes, and pulled up to the curb behind me.

13

Because spies would probably not be spraying graffiti, sitting around singing hymns and waiting to be arrested?If your escape strategy is to hang around being as obvious as possible, and then hoping for only a short prison sentence, you've probably made some poor career choices.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use spraying in a sentence?

Otherwise it might end up spraying old feces back to me.

What does spraying mean?

the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

What part of speech is spraying?

spraying is commonly used as noun.