flowed

VERB

issue, surge, run out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cascade circulate continue discharge ebb flood glide gush leak overflow percolate pour proceed rush slide spill splash stream sweep swell swirl trickle tumble

STRONG

abound arise brim course deluge dribble emanate emerge emit exudate exude gurgle inundate jet move ooze pass progress pullulate regurgitate result ripple roll sluice spew spring spurt sputter squirt teem void

WEAK

disembogue smooth along well forth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease halt stop

STRONG

conceal fail lack need take want

Example Sentences

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flowed

They can remember the direction in which current previously flowed even after the power source is removed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Oil-tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of global crude and crude products flowed through in peacetime, has ground to a halt in recent days.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Alongside clips of forests, pink lakes and people working in a village, a voiceover by Lynch says: "Orisha was once a land where magic flowed through our people."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

These materials — included in “Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar,” at Roberts Projects through Aug. 22 — reveal an artist whose creations all flowed from the same restless imagination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

They didn’t know how much time it would take, or even if time flowed at the same speed in Tartarus.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan