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

The eruption began at the summit of the mountain, when magma spurted through fissures in the rock and filled the bowl-like caldera.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Words spurted from everyone, often not seeking and not getting any response.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie