Example Sentences

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It’s as if she’s saying, I am pouring sunshine onto this institution because people say there’s nothing they can do about it, or they don’t understand it, because they can’t see it.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2025

I am pouring myself into that well; I block it up with my sympathy, my empathy, my acute feeling for your anxiety.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2013

And I am pouring my whole heart into my work.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

"I am pouring oil upon the waters," replied the young horseman in the same language.

From The Day of Wrath by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

If a libation is offered, one says, "Receive the homage of this wine that I am pouring"; for the god might think that one would present other wine and keep this back.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles