Example Sentences

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I felt an outgush of warm air and heard country music from a radio when she opened.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

As the words left my lips, Lottie made a pe at me, took my hand in both hers, and kissed it with a wild outgush of feeling.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

The woman sprang toward him with both hands extended; but he stepped back, and she clasped them in an outgush of joy.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Well, old fellow," said Septimius, with more cordiality and outgush of heart than he had felt for a long while, "there is no man whom I should be happier to call brother.

From Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

As certainly as fermentation or effervescence demands outgush, so certainly does emotion demand expression.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Maclaren, Alexander