pour
verb (used with object)
to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something.
was pouring
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past progressiveof pour.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Tedros said the WHO was pouring money, medical supplies and staff into the DRC to support the authorities and speeding up clinical trials on potential treatments.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
That was back when he was pouring everything he had into the electric-car maker and reusable-rocket company—whose eventual successes would make him wildly wealthy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Gil was pouring money into the renovation, into things he probably shouldn’t have, putting extra-nice butcher block in the bathrooms.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
At the Virginian, a dimly lit dive bar with dollar bills plastered to the wall, bartender Joshua Roche was pouring beers Thursday for a rowdy group that included one active-duty and two retired Marines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
It was pouring rain outside, but before I reached the house I saw that the hands were still in the fields, still hoeing corn.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
