How to Use spate in a Sentence

spate

noun
  • A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
  • There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
  • The movement is linked to a spate of attacks in the last few years.
    Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • So does the recent spate of bumper sales mean the time for tea has come again?
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
  • There was a very fun spate of teen horror movies in the late '90s and early '00s.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The concerns were prompted by a spate of whale deaths off the East Coast last year.
    Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The brief encounter was just the latest in a spate of recent outings.
    Hilary Shenfeld, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • The hip-hop mogul's arrest follows a spate of legal woes for the Bad Boy Records founder.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
  • That idea was furthered by a spate of long scarves at both Diesel and Lanvin.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The country has been plagued by a spate of gun violence.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • For the restaurants themselves, the spate of people looking for work has been a boon.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
  • On the flip side, the Steelers are also dealing with a spate of injuries.
    Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The toppling of Bazoum was just the latest in a spate of recent coups stretching from one side of Africa to the other.
    Stephanie Busari, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
  • New York City, which has seen a spike in e-bike use since the start of the pandemic in 2020, has seen a spate of battery fires.
    Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
  • Her slaying was among a spate of homicides in Mobile in late May. Sgt.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 25 July 2022
  • The mass shooting was part of a spate of violence that has stunned the nation in recent weeks.
    New York Times, 12 June 2022
  • The thefts at the tool library reflect how few communities have been spared from the spate and fear of crime in D.C.
    Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Could the spate of unexplained aircraft have any relation to the ones that were shot down?
    Richard Galant, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Long before that spate of colonizers, though, the Arab world had strong ties to Kochi.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 15 Apr. 2024
  • But many of the system’s achievements get overshadowed by spates of crime.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • Kharkiv is close to the Russian border and has seen a spate of deadly attacks in recent months.
    Radina Gigova, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The recent spate of layoffs may begin to change that picture.
    oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The spate of attacks has also caused tensions between Iraq and Iran.
    Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The spate of shootings has left three teens dead and another 14 wounded.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Fitzgerald said the message to the community in the spate of violence over the past week remains the same.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Whether the horse was fit to run or not, the decision to scratch was made because the people at Churchill were spooked by a spate of deaths on the racetrack over the past week.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
  • In addition to a spate of new bars and brasseries, the glamorous Casa Cipriani looms just a few minutes drive down South Street.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Saturday pelting is the latest in a spate of such incidents this year alone.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 9 July 2023
  • But the end of the classic-rock era is truly upon us all now, and not just in the spate of farewell tours that have continued into this year.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The shootings, which took place in two separate houses on the same street, fueled outrage over a recent spate of mass shootings in the country.
    Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024

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