Example Sentences

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They detected spikes in its spectrum that revealed specific elements, such as iron, indicating what types of supernovae had spewed their heavy elements into space.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023

He posted photographs of a heavily damaged three-storey brick building that was missing a chunk of its side and had spewed rubble and debris onto the ground.

From Reuters • May 15, 2023

Matthew Stafford had spewed turnovers in consecutive close games against middling opponents.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022

Then Dunham got a little sassy, offering to help out those who appeared to be struggling with their comedy writing, before turning on those who had spewed that all that hate.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Glimmers of an un-Jeffersonian outline peeked through the cloud of words Adams had spewed out.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis