fount

Example Sentences

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The 99-year-old artist—long excluded from the mainstream, male-dominated art scene in Mexico, and who only had her first major retrospective last year—is a quiet yet forceful fount of tenderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

While Chris Pratt may have been a fount of charisma in the early 2010s, his well dried up by the time he ever got in front of a green-screened tyrannosaurus.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

It is a fount of constant innovation, and a historical text ripe for pilfering.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Seahawks defensive lineman Quinton Jefferson was a fount of bubbly positivity as he listed off the virtues of Seattle’s 23-6 win over the New York Jets on Sunday.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023

We fount the sheriff’s office and pushed open the building’s door and went in.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis