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How to use splash in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Splash means the sound made by an object hitting a liquid. Example: “I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.”

Examples of splash by meaning

nounThe sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

  • I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.

nounA small amount of liquid.

  • I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
  • I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
  • Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze.2014 August 17 (last accessed), Chris Morrison, “recipe, Grilled fillet of halibut and langoustine tails with smoked haddock risotto and...

nounA small amount (of color).

  • The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful

nounA mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.

  • There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.

nounAn impact or impression.

  • The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.

nounA splash screen.

  • When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.2008, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005

nounA large, prominent headline or article.

  • So for a local newspaper, a splash on a fatal crash is just the first of a series of reports.2006, Bob Franklin, Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the Local News

nounThe shooting down of an aircraft over water.

  • Hits were observed, but again the poor functioning of VT ammunition hindered in effecting a splash.2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II, page 267

More sentences with splash

  • She ordered her coffee with cream and a splash of half and half.From the entry half and half
  • He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.From the entry cap
  • The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.From the entry pierce
  • He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.From the entry scoop
  • I decided to splash out on a trip around Europe after getting a nice Christmas bonus.From the entry splash out
  • How much did you have to splash out to get that Ferrari?From the entry splash out
  • I splashed flailingly around in the pool until the lifeguard dragged me out.From the entry flailingly
  • To prevent my tea from spilling, I used a splash stick.From the entry splash stick
  • There was a terrible animated logo on the splash page.From the entry splash page
  • If a swimmer kicks up his heels and splashes the water, the judge will take points off accordingly.From the entry kick up one's heels
  • The waves splashed foamily against the rocks.From the entry foamily
  • I keep my coffee hot with a splash stick.From the entry splash stick
  • He's popular there because he's always splashing money around.From the entry splash around
  • Dye splashes and drips may occur, so protect surfaces and be prepared to clean countertops.2026, Katherine Augustine, “Dyeing in the Baking Aisle”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 33. From the entry handy
  • She was in the bathroom splashing water on her face when her mother tapped on the door.2023, Susan MacLellan, Figure It Out with Eva, Word Alive Press, →ISBN. From the entry bless oneself
  • I’ll get an English breakfast tea with a splash of milk.2023 September 15, Adam Tschorn, quoting Ellen Bennett, “How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Ellen Bennett”, in Los Angeles…. From the entry English breakfast tea
  • The topic splashed over me like icy cold water, cooling my instalust for my new bodyguard.2022, Brynn Paulin, Loving Layla, unnumbered page. From the entry instalust
  • There were red hibiscus flowers splashed all over it, yellow dots quivering at the stamens.2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 231. From the entry hibiscus
  • Jai went in and poured out two glasses of ouzo, throwing a splash of water.2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 122. From the entry ouzo
  • His head leaned back, water splashing his face as I throated his solid pipe.2017, Brian Patrick Davis, Songs About Boys, →ISBN. From the entry throat
  • There was an echoey thud, a splash that sounded very toilety in nature, and then, “I’m in!”2017, Jennifer Brown, Pennybaker School Is Headed for Disaster, Bloomsbury Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry toilety
  • She bumped her glass, and a splash of mangotini landed on her lap.2016 March 15, Nina Crespo, Reid's Deliverance, volume 2, Lyrical Press, →ISBN. From the entry mangotini
  • The soldiers' limp bodies tumbled to the water with mighty splashes.2010, Hachette Assorted Authors, Scoundrels, Monsters, and Special Circumstances: Orbit October-December 2010, Orbit, →ISBN. From the entry twock
  • “So, you made quite a splash on Question Time, my homeless pal,” he continued.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry ruddy
  • He was weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 73. From the entry wee
  • Amer’s stitchwork is closer to line drawing and handwriting than to the splashes of a paintbrush.2008 June 20, Karen Rosenberg, “Veiled or Naked: Scrutinizing Women’s Roles”, in New York Times. From the entry stitchwork
  • Like an underwater detonation, the pool was afroth with flapping and splashing.2005, Robin Cody, Ricochet River, page 139. From the entry afroth
  • Weakened heart, summer tomatoes the splash of red mouthsome pleasure dichotomy.2005, Maria Damon, Miek-a-l And, PleasureTEXTpossession. From the entry mouthsome
  • Elsa's skirt was splashed with wet and her bun was beginning to unstrand.2004, Esther Freud, The Sea House. From the entry unstrand
  • He went into the bathroom, splashed water on his face, and sat at his home terminal.2004, Alexander C. Irvine, Have Robot, Will Travel—A Byron Preiss Robot Mystery, iBooks, page 78. From the entry holopresence

Meaning of splash

  1. noun The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
  2. noun A small amount of liquid.
  3. noun A small amount (of color).

Full definition of splash

Questions about splash in a sentence

How do you use splash in a sentence?
Splash is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.”
What is a short sentence with splash?
“The waves splashed foamily against the rocks.”
What does splash mean?
Splash means the sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: splash (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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