sprayed

Example Sentences

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Aerial footage filmed by local TV stations on Friday showed jets of water being sprayed at the tank, which has a capacity of 34,000 gallons.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Wearers, often young men, get people to sign fake petitions or retail workers to smell candles sprayed with bad odours.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

You can shop organic food and grow your own tomatoes, but a stiff breeze can blow the Roundup your neighbor sprayed on his lawn directly into your face.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

In the moonlight I could not tell that it was blood, but only something dark that sprayed out of his rear end.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen