spout
verb (used with object)
to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
had been spouting
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past perfect progressiveof spout.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Some one who had been spouting, stumping, and blathering—known as moral-force 'starring'—in 'urbe et argo', for the benefit of the state prisoners, had for myself personally not humanity enough to attend to a simple request.
From The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni
All that day the enraged monster had been spouting mud and lava down upon the white tuan who had remained in the bungalow, drinking heavily and bawling out maledictions upon his enemy.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
One day Dawe had been spouting to her about the excellencies of certain French writers.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by O. Henry
