There were smatterings of paint on the floor after the art class.

At the meeting, he kept smattering on the subject, revealing only a superficial grasp.

She only had a smattering of French, but it helped her order coffee during the trip.

The conference organizers were disappointed to find that many smatterers dominated the Q&A, offering shallow comments instead of substantive questions.

During meetings he tends to smatter, offering quick opinions that never explore the issue.

By the end of the festival, there was only a smatter of visitors lingering in the square.

The carpenter dismissed the apprentice as a smatterer when he merely touched the varnish and claimed expertise.

He smatters in Spanish and often mistakes everyday words.

After a year abroad, Maya smattered in French, able to order food and ask simple questions but not converse fluently.

Because he had studied smatteringly, he could only answer a few basic questions during the interview.