gush
verb (used without object)
to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement.
were gushing
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past progressiveof gush.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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Woods was allowed to ride in a cart, a point he made when there were gushing observations about the state of his game.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
“We were greeted by the director, the producer and the screenwriter. And they were gushing over Mama,” Rosanna recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
He opened his eyes, only to realise that flood waters were gushing into his ground-floor flat, on the same block as the Leng family's home.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2021
But tears were gushing down the cheeks of my younger daughter, Hilary, 6, a kindergartner.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2020
There were gushing Glug maids, well aware of their charms, And stern, massive matrons with babes in their arms.
From The Glugs of Gosh by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis
