Scattering

As usual the peasants are busy scattering grain seeds.

The farmer is scattering seeds over the field.

The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.

In Russia, as elsewhere in the world, folklore is rapidly scattering before the practical spirit of modern progress. The traveling peasant bard or story teller, and the devoted "nyanya", the beloved nurse of many a generation, are rapidly dying out, and with them the tales and legends, the last echoes of the nation's early joys and sufferings, hopes and fears, are passing away.

"Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..."

The word "diaspora" was originally coined for the scattering of Jews from Eretz Yisrael.

The word "diaspora" was originally coined for the scattering of Jews from the Land of Israel.

I love the warm colors of autumn, the vibrant sun, the thick fog, and the dry leaves scattering the ground.

Mary asked Tom why the sky is blue, and he told her about Rayleigh scattering of sunlight.

The sky is blue because of the scattering of sunlight in the atmosphere.