Example Sentences

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"Look," he adds, "I should've probably called this book, Spilling the Beans, because some beans I probably shouldn't have spilled and one of them was meeting Barbra Streisand."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

“Shoestring Potatoes Spilling Out of a Bag,” a stuffed canvas work that’s nearly 10 feet tall, is among the Oldenburgs at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Spilling over rocks and flowing into a river, we discovered the rushing water just off the Lynn Camp Middle Prong Trail in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

Spilling into the corridor, many of them gaped at Kasparov barreling by, as if Shrek himself had wandered up to the wrong floor.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2014

Spilling over with eagerness, he babbled to other athletes about his new training regimen, his race strategy, and how fast he might go.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand