spill
verb (used with object)
to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully.
had spilled
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past perfectof spill.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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According to the indictment, in February 2024, Kulikoff learned that an individual, identified only as “PERSON ONE,” had spilled a jar holding several ounces of mercury inside the cabin of an SUV.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
Aerial photos posted by Xinhua showed the side of a heavily terraced mountain had spilled over several village homes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Republic of Ireland striker Ferguson pounced from close range after goalkeeper Nick Pope had spilled Billy Gilmour's long-range effort.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023
But one night last summer, after all of the tourists had spilled back onto the streets of South Kensington, two men slow-danced among the Berninis and Rodins until the sun rose the next morning.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Notebooks, papers, and pencils had spilled everywhere, and Martina was raising herself slowly to her hands and knees, spluttering and shaking her head as she tried to get her bearings.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
