Example Sentences

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The agency will be pouring billions of dollars into building rail lines over the next decades, but critics say free fares aren’t likely to help.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2022

If Scherer makes an error that causes a retrial, he said, “that will be pouring salt on the wounds” of the victims’ families.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022

If none is arrived at, it’s a real possibility that no ambulance service will be available for thousands and thousands of visitors, people who will be pouring money into the economy.

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2019

Your father knows that, just as he knows that your brother is a sinkhole into which he will be pouring money even after death.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2019

"The sky is as grey as my old felt- hat, and, by the time we reach the forest, it will be pouring."

From The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 01 by Safford, Mary J.