Example Sentences
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Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
A Swede spurted far in front, but with slow, painful motions like someone running in a dream, Bob kept on around the track.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2020
The nozzle contained a barrel with phosphorus matches that ignited the liquid as it spurted out.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020
But here was death with its dart, having spurted into the house as bold as you please and snapped its chilly fingers.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
