Example Sentences

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He has showered them with gifts, trips and all sorts of unseemly favors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2023

Microsoft has doubled its employees’ bonus pool, Google has committed to hiring more engineers, and Apple has showered its top hardware talent with $200,000 bonuses.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

Pogacar, who has showered his first Tour with his precocious talent, winning two stages, and who turns 22 the day after the finish in Paris, can be counted on to again give it his all.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2020

With a net worth that Forbes now estimates at $3.8 billion, he has showered more than $1 billion on medical research, education and other causes since the 1970s, according to his spokesman, Geoffrey Moore.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2020

He pushes his hands into his pockets and throws his shoulders back and acts like the world has showered him with more gifts than he can reasonably accept.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon