spout
verb (used with object)
to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
was spouting
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past progressiveof spout.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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Dazzlingly precocious — he was spouting Robert Frost at two — Benj, as his parents called him, was also averse to snuggling.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
Edward Leigh, a Eurosceptic backbencher, said Lidington was spouting “legalistic claptrap”.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2015
Soon, a member of the Nevada commission was taking the microphone to refute any wrongdoing or unfairness on their part, Arum was spouting back, and the public saw a sport, disintegrating before its eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2015
Manuel Roig-Franzia recounts their engagement in 1967 in a profile: She dropped to a knee, but Edie was spouting, “Yes, yes, yes” before Thea could finish asking the question.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2013
Again her father’s special name for her was spouting from the mouth of a cocky young man.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
