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

I, too, wish that things were different, that the two men who acted as the fount for the most significant art in my life had been able to pass gently into that good night.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Outside of Bilodeau, who was a fount of offense with 23 points on eight-for-20 shooting to go with 15 rebounds, the sloppy Bruins failed to reliably get baskets.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2024

From times old to current, our culture’s like a fount.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 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