squirt

Example Sentences

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Children use toy pistols and dispensers to squirt coloured water at their friends.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Put simply, our first suggestion is don't expect to counter the firehose of falsehood with the squirt gun of truth.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt?

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

The parents of a fifth-grader are suing an elite private Mulholland Drive elementary school after their son was expelled over emails he exchanged with a classmate containing rap lyrics and the squirt gun emoji.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

Mary Lou’s brothers, Dennis, Doug, and Tommy, kept dashing in and out of the room, leaping on the bed and squirting us with squirt guns.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech