How to Use dispersal in a Sentence

dispersal

noun

• The follow up is the dispersal of all those people back across the globe.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 July 2021
• Fans can track the dispersal of the balls through a Google map that the team will link to on social media.
  — Bob McManaman, azcentral, 26 July 2019
• Most of the study focused on the ancient dispersals of cats.
  — Malcolm Ritter, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017
• The medic had closed a clear plastic curtain around the tent with tape when the dispersal began.
  — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2020
• New research shows that tamarins play a huge role in seed dispersal.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021
• He was bought by WinStar Farm in a dispersal sale and moved to Baffert’s barn.
  — John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• Arabia was at the heart of that dispersal from Africa into Asia.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018
• Researchers are also still puzzled by the dispersal of the beads over the quarry.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 July 2019
• Some members of the crowd had thrown bottles, eggs and paint balloons prior to the dispersal.
  — oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2020
• But eventually, the host has to die; the point is to keep the host alive long enough to reach the best spots for maximum dispersal of new spores.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
• So the researchers reasoned, that just like the fruits, the insects could be a means for dispersal, as long as their eggs can pass through the birds unharmed.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 5 June 2018
• The increase in action is in part due to post-breeding dispersal.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 28 July 2017
• The metronomic dispersal of outcomes right and left is the result of our current schism, not a salve for it.
  — Reilly Stephens, National Review, 1 Feb. 2018
• On Sunday, masses of protesters filled the streets of many Sudanese cities in their first show of strength since the sit-in’s dispersal.
  — Max Bearak, Washington Post, 6 July 2019
• The biggest fish have the biggest stomachs, and the largest potential for dispersal.
  — Adam Popescu, National Geographic, 12 June 2018
• As a reminder, members of the media are also to obey the dispersal orders.
  — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
• The point of this dispersal is not simply to hunker down and wait for an onslaught, but also to give China a taste of its own medicine.
  — The Economist, 7 Mar. 2021
• The major roster moves come one day ahead of the Boston Breakers dispersal draft.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• The other giraffe may have been killed by the strike indirectly, by the lightning’s dispersal through the air or ground.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2020
• At least 128 people have died in the military's crackdown since the June 3 dispersal.
  — Fox News, 17 June 2019
• Cumberland worked the loader, piling the chips into the spreader trucks for dispersal around the farms.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• The jackpot dispersal marks one of the Mirage’s final acts, with the last bookings clearing out on Sunday.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
• Scientists call this sort of movement dispersal, and track the progress of trees over eons through the study of fossils that ancient forests have left behind.
  — Heller McAlpin, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
• Todd parked her cruiser on the corner of Lakeside and West 3rd Street and shouted the dispersal order through her megaphone.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2020
• Josephs and his boyfriend had left the protest area, and as two visitors from out of town, weren’t aware that the Mark Spencer Hotel was just within the boundaries of the dispersal area, Weingart said.
  — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2021
• Fear has surged around flying, since the disease began abroad and is spreading in part through the dispersal of air travelers.
  — Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 11 Mar. 2020
• One of the vans stopped in front of a home where residents had invited a few people to stay on their lawn after the dispersal order.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
• This could help researchers to better understand how the birds’ dispersal of stick insect eggs affects the gene flow of the insects.
  — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 30 May 2018
• For example, some of the volatile compounds attract insects that clearly help with the dispersal of their spores.
  — Federico Kukso, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
• Most of the group that barricaded the building left voluntarily by 1 a.m. Thursday, Hollins said, and the rest left after police ordered a dispersal shortly after.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024