Example Sentences

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"We saw walls collapsing, the floors opening up. And then water and mud began spurting up from underneath the flooring."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

His paintings of erupting fountains, spurting fireworks and splashing bathers make you feel a cool summer breeze in the middle of a packed fair space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The ground even opened up, spurting sand out along a zigzagging 100-foot-long stretch of a University of Washington a football field.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Europe's most active volcano has erupted again, where lava can be seen spurting near Italy's city of Catania.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

Earlier in the night, she had done the same with the golden faranji, standing right beside him while he did furious work in a laboratory of spurting flames and shattered glass.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor