fount

Example Sentences

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Hughes’ script supplies Andie with a fount of vivacious wit and self-assurance, which is what makes watching her dull her shine as the film progresses so confounding.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

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

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Ahmet Ertegun, the Turkish ambassador’s son whose ear for the culture of black America would make his Atlantic Records a legendary fount of 20th century popular music, died Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2022

The 71-year-old coach was his usual fount of enthusiasm as he flung the football around during their brief walk-through, as well as during the news conference afterward.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

We fount the store on the paper and the cap’n tolt me to wait whilst he went in and talked to a man setting at a counter.

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