spurted
Example Sentences
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In the bond market, Treasury yields spurted higher after a report said U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly returned to growth last month.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Over the past week, three X-class flares have spurted off from two eruptive sunspot groups.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
Liam Boyce missed the best of their opportunities, the striker leaped up at the back post and headed down into the ground with the goal gaping, but the ball spurted over the bar.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2022
They spurted hundreds of scattered bullets before dark balls rolled out from underneath, as if the planes were laying large eggs.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
