gushed

Example Sentences

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"What a place this is!" he gushed, of Invercargill, excitement bursting out of him like he was in some rooftop bar in downtown Tokyo or a speakeasy in the East Village in New York.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“This is incredible,” she gushed as the audience cheered.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Bubbly and friendly, she poked holes with her heels in the paper backdrop as she posed for portraits and gushed over Brittany Murphy’s 2003 film “Uptown Girls.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

He begrudgingly created Berkshire’s Class B shares in 1996 after Samuel Katz, a self-described civic entrepreneur, gushed to Buffett in a letter about his plans to create a unit investment trust containing Berkshire’s stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Words gushed from the chaplain in a nervous torrent.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller