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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“He was spouting obvious falsehoods to an audience for whom facts are matters of life and death,” Keller said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2017
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
Mr. Nagin came into office in 2002 as an outsider, a reformer out to clean City Hall, a business executive who disdained the old machine politics and was spouting new ideas.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2013
“That harpy they brought back from the quest—Ella. I knew she was spouting prophecies! Now I understand. She—she somehow memorized a copy of the Sibylline Books.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
