Example Sentences

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Suzy Spilling and her husband Colin invested in four rental properties to fund their retirement - including two flats in Salford "mortgaged to the hilt".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

The second surprise: Spilling out of their field headquarters, the Finnish Signal Corps communications workers and others inside routed the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022

“Toppling Ladder with Spilling Paint” adorns the downtown campus of Loyola Law School, amid a collection of Gehry-designed structures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Spilling into the corridor, many of them gaped at Kasparov barreling by, as if Shrek himself had wandered up to the wrong floor.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2014

“Spilling sugar. Spilling salt is bad luck, but sugar...”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson