squirt
verb (used without object)
to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice.
was squirting
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past progressiveof squirt.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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Instead, David Seaman saved it and, a few minutes later, Paul Gascoigne scored his memorable goal - I was squirting water down his throat in our famous 'dentist's chair' celebration and the day was ours.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2016
Mr. Jensen continued: “There was a question of, well, whose line is it? It was squirting out of the ground. But the minute Tesoro shut its valve, there was a loud sucking sound.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
She swore he carried a suitcase in which was, not bombs, but a supply of acid which Billings was squirting on automobile engines as part of a garage mechanics' strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
No sooner had Mexico begun to reap riches from vast new oil finds in the 1970s, for example, than the world's industrial economies became mired in recession, and unneeded oil was squirting out everywhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
Right then, he was squirting big globs of sunblock onto his hands and rubbing it into his brown skin until the white lotion disappeared.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
