SMATTERING in a Sentence

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I soon learned that most of them had the merest smattering of the high-sounding things that they had studied.

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 Meanings and Examples of SMATTERING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
smattering
 n.  a small number or amount
 n.  a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
Classic Sentence:
1  I soon learned that most of them had the merest smattering of the high-sounding things that they had studied.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII.
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