effuse
Example Sentences
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"HAP-py FREE-dom-DAY!" he effuses Ebonically, shaking his head and punctuating his greeting with the kind of "mmph, mmph, mmph!" that folks use to convey either "this tastes delicious" or "it's a shame that person died."
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2021
Early on, the Dickinson kids host a bash, about which Emily effuses, “Parties are like shipwrecks. You should emerge from them soaking wet, out of breath and hopelessly disoriented.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019
Hydrogen effuses four times as rapidly as oxygen.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
“I just can’t get enough of this natural light,” effuses Barry, who harnesses every ray of Kimbell’s illumination to help unlock the mysteries of the paintings she works on.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015
Hence the atmosphere which it breathes and effuses is that of real things, real men and women.
From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John
Vocabulary lists containing effuse
"Song of Myself," Vocabulary from the poem
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