spate|spates in English

noun

[speɪt]

sudden outpouring; flood (British); sudden heavy rainstorm (British)

Use "spate|spates" in a sentence

1. 4 Celia was in full spate .

2. 12 An alarming spate of bombings has caused widespread panic.

3. 3 After the storm all the rivers were in spate.

4. Hence, the spate of was-the-risk-exaggerated, debunking stories.

5. Hungary has witnessed a spate of especially nasty murders.

6. 2 After heavy rain, the river was in spate.

7. The reason for this sudden spate of spurious insinuation?

8. Espionage Unification brought a spate of arrests for espionage.

9. The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

10. 13 Espionage Unification brought a spate of arrests for espionage.

11. A spate of negative stories and the government may backtrack.

12. A spate of sectarian kidnappings and threats followed, some of which turned fatal.

13. 10 There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently.

14. 11 Hence, the spate of was-the-risk-exaggerated, debunking stories.

15. 18 In the late 1880s there was a spate of burglaries in Colombo.

16. 9 A spate of English reading materials began to pour off the presses.

17. 7 Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.

18. 8 He missed most of the season with a spate of injuries.

19. 1 The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

20. In 2008, a widely documented spate of xenophobic attacks occurred in Johannesburg.

21. The spate of terrorist attacks in country after country have shocked humanity to the core.

22. 5 Police are blaming arsonists for the spate of fires in the Greenfields housing estate.

23. 28 The party lost power three years ago after a spate of political scandals.

24. 15 Retail sales were down due to a spate of bomb scares before Christmas.

25. 21 Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.