smatterings

Within all that come sometimes smatterings of writing, germs of each individual voice.

Judith Lindbergh - An interview with author 2010

When he got to Vegas, those random smatterings were replaced by an entire canvas of a relationship both he and Marvin had been painting for a lifetime.

Dave Pell: How Facebook Turned an Old Friend into Sarah Palin Dave Pell 2010

But other than smatterings, not much post-speech chatter.

Arianna Huffington: Davos Notes: State of the Union Shrugs, Burnout Davos Style, and the Spirit of RFK Hovers Above the CNBC Unemployment Debate Arianna Huffington 2011

After posing for pictures, the couple walked around the block to Galatoire's Restaurant on Bourbon Street, to smatterings of applause from tourists and workers in taxi cabs and delivery trucks.

Ex-La. gov, 83, marries 32-year-old prison pen pal 2011

But other than smatterings, not much post-speech chatter.

Arianna Huffington: Davos Notes: State of the Union Shrugs, Burnout Davos Style, and the Spirit of RFK Hovers Above the CNBC Unemployment Debate Arianna Huffington 2011

She returns to the mainland, her bags filled with strange herbs, smatterings of bright-colored, semi-precious stones, animal bones and dark oils for her perfumes.

Anna Liu and Yves (Revised) Isabell Serafin 2011

Scattered smatterings at first, but it slowly snowballs into a standing, thunderous explosion of jubilation.

Corey Reynolds: What I'd Say to POTUS Corey Reynolds 2011

Scattered smatterings at first, but it slowly snowballs into a standing, thunderous explosion of jubilation.

Corey Reynolds: What I'd Say to POTUS Corey Reynolds 2011

Scattered smatterings at first, but it slowly snowballs into a standing, thunderous explosion of jubilation.

Corey Reynolds: What I'd Say to POTUS Corey Reynolds 2011

But other than smatterings, not much post-speech chatter.

Arianna Huffington: Davos Notes: State of the Union Shrugs, Burnout Davos Style, and the Spirit of RFK Hovers Above the CNBC Unemployment Debate Arianna Huffington 2011