Spurt

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"Spurt" in a Sentence (17 examples)

The coxswain egged his crewmen on, and made a winning spurt at the last lap of the regatta.

Tom had a growth spurt.

The new research provides the first solid evidence that the universe went through an extraordinary growth spurt in its first brief moments of being, a period called inflation. This unfathomably rapid rate of growth left ripples in the fabric of space—gravitational waves that Albert Einstein predicted, but that had never been detected until now.

The blue-streaked cloudy sky is above me, this 5th of July of 2025. This morning was my 64th time this "Krismas" year to the "Clam Temple," the Roman Catholic church on St. Albans Road on Lulu Island. "64" is numerologically both Jewish and Buddhist. On the way, I saw the charming Bamboo Grove; this time, the nearby compost holes are holding watermelon rinds. Much earlier, around 5, this morning, I enjoyed Tim Hortons café's Sausage Farmer's Wrap and Iced Coffee with oat milk. A few hours later, I had an Earl Grey tea with oat milk. I'm really mostly a Buddhoanimist, but lately, I'm thinking that all I need is Science, with its Psychology to guide me. A Secular spurt? Maybe, Mr. Spock is saying, "Come back to me..." Live long and prosper!

Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.

With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?

In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground.

a spurt of water; a spurt of blood

"Clean all your spurt off me, man." And so I did.

The Garden Sperages[…]send out at first certaine greene spurts or buds peeping forth of the ground.

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The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.

I seem to remember talking wanderingly to myself during that last spurt.

The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

After a brief spurt of conviviality on our part, my partner and I quickly moved on to our priority— tracking down play parties.

He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.

The bullion market spurted on Thursday.

The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

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