effusion

Example Sentences

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There are hazy effusions of brass; little thickets of rattling, shivering percussion; and whooshing, glistening strings that were a textural link to the Ives, as well as to Stravinsky’s “Petrushka,” which came after intermission.

From New York Times

Some at Asbury said they preferred the term “outpouring,” as in an almost tangible effusion of the Holy Spirit.

From New York Times

The observatory on Thursday raised Kilauea’s alert level, but on Friday morning lowered it from warning to watch “because the initial high effusion rates are declining, and no infrastructure is threatened.”

From Seattle Times

One of the first patients to spark her interest in female health was a lioness with pericardial effusion, or fluid in the sac around her heart.

From Los Angeles Times

Sure, the shrub’s summer effusion of hundreds of florets clustered into each of the many giant flower heads had been arresting, a crowd-pleasing moment.

From Seattle Times