spurt
verb (used without object)
to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
was spurting
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past progressiveof spurt.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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The Icelandic department that oversees emergency response reported that thin-flowing lava was spurting from a fissure of 100 metres or more.
From Nature ● Aug. 28, 2014
One of Bird Two's engines was spurting oil, and Earthquake feathered it.
From Time Magazine Archive
No artery was spurting, but Yossarian pretended to absorb himself entirely into the fashioning of a tourniquet, because applying a tourniquet was something he did know how to do.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
I looked, and saw Karli’s eyes opening, and then he was coughing and choking, the water was spurting up out of his mouth onto the kitchen floor.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Heath was spurting; Collingwood passed Bolton, but in doing so did not lessen Heath’s lead—a lead of fully fifteen yards.
From The Jester of St. Timothy's by Arthur Stanwood Pier
