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
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
A Swede spurted far in front, but with slow, painful motions like someone running in a dream, Bob kept on around the track.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2020
A water pipe spurted halfheartedly over the ruins.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2018
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
