How to Use disperse in a Sentence

disperse

verb

• Police ordered the crowd to disperse.
• Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd ahead of an 8 p.m. curfew.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
• The devices produce a loud noise, a flash and disperse a pepper powder in the air.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2022
• When more than a hundred women gathered to protest the rules, the militants fired shots in the air to disperse them.
  — Jina Moore Ngarambe, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
• But since the beginning of the year, police have launched a series of invasions to arrest traffickers and disperse users.
  — Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
• Contact with an allergen provokes the immune system to disperse histamine into the blood.
  — Patricia A. MacCulloch, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
• The triangular applicator disperses the fine fibers, which firmly grips onto each brow hair, without any clumps attached.
  — Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 10 Sep. 2024
• But as people disperse, residents in neighborhoods that were never affected are locking their doors and shutting down their businesses.
  — Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
• Additionally, because of the power of the first storm, there is less energy in the air and thus any following cells shouldn't have the same power and are more likely to disperse.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2022
• Police responded by firing rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the protesters, who also clashed with police officers.
  — Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 4 Aug. 2022
• Haley, a lecturer in the school of humanities, and seven others, ages 20 to 40, were each charged with failure to disperse at the scene of a riot.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
• Standing three stories tall, there are eight (and potentially more) bedrooms serviced by six bathrooms and a pair of powder rooms dispersed among 5,200 square feet.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
• As millions of years pass, this galactic entanglement will consume or disperse the gas and dust needed to trigger star birth, causing stellar formation to slow and eventually cease.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2022
• Thanks to tall banks of glass and prismatic skylights that disperse daylight, interior spaces are flooded with natural light that is good for reading and minimizes electrical bills.
  — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2022
• Danilecki grabbed the bat and told the group to disperse.
  — Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• Make sure to put this device in a place where the heat is able to disperse.
  — Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
• The work at the stadium will begin when the game is over and the crowds disperse.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
• Try to disperse the fall onto a larger part of the body, such as your side.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• Police refused and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
  — Laetitia Bezain, ajc, 29 Aug. 2022
• The crowd dispersed when more police arrived with lights and sirens on.
  — Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2024
• The crowd later dispersed and left Tamra and Jenn to have a heart-to-heart about their rocky friendship.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
• Over the following days, the colony was dispersed to other shelters around the city.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• All seeds rely on some sort of vector to disperse seeds.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• People must be warned that tear gas will be used and allowed to disperse.
  — Agoes Basoeki and Niniek Karmini, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2022
• The spores are then dispersed to create new dog slime mold patches.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• There are 10 fireplaces dispersed across the mansion’s 43 rooms.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2023
• In addition, the village will now disperse 4% of the PPRT funds every year to the library.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• In today’s world of work, teams are commonly dispersed across the country and even the world.
  — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
• After a few minutes, the mourners got up and dispersed.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
• Serbs tried to prevent them from taking over the premises, but the police fired tear gas to disperse them.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 29 May 2023

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024