spurt
verb (used without object)
to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
had spurted
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past perfectof spurt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In their first season under new manager John Farrell, the Red Sox had spurted to a 20-8 opening.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2013
Woolen cloth production had spurted; the demand for wool jumped from 650 million lb. in 1941 to over 1 billion lb. in 1943.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.S. pulses had spurted noticeably faster with each unbending Soviet demand at the Paris Conference.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ackley said that during the last two months of 1967 the economy had spurted ahead all too quickly.
From Time Magazine Archive
But his or not, it had spurted all over him, and the shirt—and the pants as well—might be beyond hope.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
