spout
verb (used with object)
to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
have spouted
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present perfectof spout.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Not too long ago, had one typed “New Orleans Saints” into Google Maps, this is what would have spouted forth: “Religious institution.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
More tantalizing, dark streaks near the poles suggest that occasional geysering on the frozen moon may have spouted carbon or some other organic material.
From Time Magazine Archive
He could fathom the meaning of the phrase, but the wave it would fain have spouted over his Claudia left her angel raiment dry.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
I would have spouted yards of good poetry when I was his age a night like this.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Bresnahan would have spouted in a lively, exciting, unreliable manner.
From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
