Spilt

Examples

• The donkeys fell down and spilt us over their heads occasionally, but there was nothing for it but to mount and hurry on again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I spilt half of what was in the glass, I said. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Sir Percival filled another glass from the decanter so awkwardly that he upset it and spilt all the wine over the table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Missis has spilt lots dat ar way, said Dinah, coming uneasily to the drawers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• So you've been spilt, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Referring to some event of the past, he said: Spilt milk doesn't interest me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Is all the spilt wine swallowed? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The tray shook as I held it; the water spilt from the glass; my heart struck my ribs loud and fast. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Why my hand shook, and why I involuntarily spilt half the contents of my cup into my saucer, I did not choose to consider. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I have spilt lots of it, and while I have always felt it for a few days, it is quickly forgotten, and I turn again to the future. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Notions and scruples were like spilt needles, making one afraid of treading, or sitting down, or even eating. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Editor: Tess