And even when they are fallen into that pit they will quarrel at the bottom, and bespatter each other with the mud that is there.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
Last night about 10.30 the Turks disturbed our peace by firing fifty or sixty shells about our Beach, some being very near our camp, near enough to bespatter our tents and dugouts with lumps of earth.
"The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde""
George Davidson
He may bespatter you with ink, he may hit you in the eye, but he writes a magnificent hand.
"Roderick Hudson"
Henry James