1.   A motley collection of tawdry items was scattered over an area at least four feet square.

2.   All windows were blown out and large pieces of metal and wood were scattered over a wide area.

3.   Chunks of blue-green stuff flaked off and scattered over the floor.

4.   Echoes of political controversy are scattered over the literary productivity of the age.

5.   He has one of them, the remaining four having been scattered over the planet for security.

6.   Natural resources were scattered over vast areas.

7.   Parts of the plane were scattered over a wide area.

8.   The confederation, on the other hand, was only a fragile union whose members were scattered over vast distances.