spurted
Example Sentences
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Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022
The eruption began at the summit of the mountain, when magma spurted through fissures in the rock and filled the bowl-like caldera.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022
A Swede spurted far in front, but with slow, painful motions like someone running in a dream, Bob kept on around the track.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2020
In the veins of turtles coursed a sweet lassi that had to be drunk as soon as it spurted from their necks, because it coagulated in less than a minute.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
