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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There’s the stilt guy, Dakota Albritton, who was pouring concrete when his mother signed him up for a tryout despite the fact that he had not walked on stilts in 10 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Before long, according to evidence introduced at Bakker’s fraud trial, more than $1 million a week was pouring into “The PTL Club.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
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
She was pouring boiling water into a bucket full of dry midlings and stirring the materials to a steaming paste.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
