sloshes
- present tense form of slosh (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Scientists believe hydrothermal water vents blast the core’s heat upward, thawing an expansive ocean that sloshes roughly 15 miles below the moon’s icy crust — far deeper than humans have ever dug on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
Nonacidic reflux, or contents in your gut that have been neutralized, frequently sloshes around and hits your esophagus, too.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
Coffee sloshes from her cup, occasionally threatening her “Today” show uniform.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
The “open” circulatory system of insects doesn’t have vessels like capillaries to direct the hemolymph; instead, the hemolymph sloshes through the body cavity and helps to distribute dissolved nutrients.
From Scientific American ● May 6, 2019
Even as I try to hold my drink steady, it sloshes within the glass, spilling a little bit on the ground, where it flows into the dark spaces between the planks and disappears.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
