Spouting
[spaʊt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spout
Editor: Meredith
Examples
- The volcano was now spouting fire furiously, and by the glare they were able to see the entrance of the breakwater. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I lay upon my face and peered over with the spray spouting up all around me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Those spouting geysers certainly don't bode any good, sir, nor that earthquake either. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- For over twenty years it has been spouting at average intervals of sixty-five minutes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The springs are spouting furiously, and the lake has disappeared. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The gun was firing now with the rocket whish and the cracking, dirt-spouting boom. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Where is the use of ranting and spouting about it, then? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Meredith