spurted

Example Sentences

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Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

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

Inside, Epicenter, the Derby runner-up, was hugging the rail like a life vest and spurted into contention like he had flippers on.

From New York Times • May 21, 2022

Mrs. Cobb spurted back into the hallway, fast enough that the Seven Horsemen themselves would have had trouble with the pace.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt