spewed; spewing; spews
1
: vomit
2
: to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity
a volcano spewing out ash
—often used with out
spewer
noun
Examples of spew in a Sentence
Verb
Exhaust spewed out of the car.
Smoke and ashes spewed from the volcano.
The volcano spewed hot ash.
The faucet started spewing dirty water.
The dog spewed vomit on the rug.
Recent Examples on the Web
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Methane spewing from major US landfills is on average 40% greater than reported, according to a new study published in Science in which scientists used aerial surveys to identify point source emissions from hundreds of waste sites.
—Aaron Clark, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
And in the most comprehensive study yet of methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas drilling, researchers estimate that the industry spews three times as much of the powerful heat-trapping pollutant as the government thinks, per the Associated Press’ Seth Borenstein.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Jarring video taken by passengers aboard Monday's United flight 1118 from Houston to Fort Myers shows a streak of flames spewing from what appears to be the left engine of the plane.
—Tom Costello, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of volcanoes erupting lava fountains that spew dozens of miles into the air are active on the rocky moon, which is terrorized by violent tidal forces that send molten lava spreading and hardening across its surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
Rarely has such stiff upper lips framed such eloquent, perpetually spewing pottymouths.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2001, a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in a tunnel in downtown Baltimore and caught fire, spewing black smoke into surrounding neighborhoods, and forcing officials to temporarily close all major roads into the city.
—Lea Skene, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2024
In November 2023, NASA’s 46-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft started sending a stream of nonsense to Earth, spewing out signals without any morsel of meaning.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
On the one hand are the outrageous lies that Donald Trump customarily spews.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
Trump spews hate — hate of immigrants and of Democrats.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
But if the two faucets are running full blast, the G and DM valves get overwhelmed, and water spews over the tub’s sides into excess inflation.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 May 2023
When threatened, the catalpa sphinx caterpillar spews out green goo and thrashes around violently.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
Norfolk Southern, the US railway company responsible for the toxic spew of vinyl chloride, has now offered a $25,000 donation to assist the area’s nearly 5,000 residents who were ordered to evacuate their homes, or face death.
—Julia Malleck, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
The spew was everywhere.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
Take the president’s mind-numbing spew of lies.
—New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
Verb
The explosions kickstart jet emissions which spew out into space.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Methane spewing from major US landfills is on average 40% greater than reported, according to a new study published in Science in which scientists used aerial surveys to identify point source emissions from hundreds of waste sites.
—Aaron Clark, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
And in the most comprehensive study yet of methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas drilling, researchers estimate that the industry spews three times as much of the powerful heat-trapping pollutant as the government thinks, per the Associated Press’ Seth Borenstein.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Jarring video taken by passengers aboard Monday's United flight 1118 from Houston to Fort Myers shows a streak of flames spewing from what appears to be the left engine of the plane.
—Tom Costello, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of volcanoes erupting lava fountains that spew dozens of miles into the air are active on the rocky moon, which is terrorized by violent tidal forces that send molten lava spreading and hardening across its surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
Rarely has such stiff upper lips framed such eloquent, perpetually spewing pottymouths.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2001, a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in a tunnel in downtown Baltimore and caught fire, spewing black smoke into surrounding neighborhoods, and forcing officials to temporarily close all major roads into the city.
—Lea Skene, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2024
In November 2023, NASA’s 46-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft started sending a stream of nonsense to Earth, spewing out signals without any morsel of meaning.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Noun
Because these are not short spews of text Fishburne has penned for us; they are run on sentences and legato soliloquies.
—Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
On the one hand are the outrageous lies that Donald Trump customarily spews.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
Trump spews hate — hate of immigrants and of Democrats.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
But if the two faucets are running full blast, the G and DM valves get overwhelmed, and water spews over the tub’s sides into excess inflation.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 May 2023
When threatened, the catalpa sphinx caterpillar spews out green goo and thrashes around violently.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
Norfolk Southern, the US railway company responsible for the toxic spew of vinyl chloride, has now offered a $25,000 donation to assist the area’s nearly 5,000 residents who were ordered to evacuate their homes, or face death.
—Julia Malleck, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
The spew was everywhere.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
Take the president’s mind-numbing spew of lies.
—New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
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spew
1 of 2 verb
: to send or come out in a flood or gush
spew
2 of 2 noun
: matter that is spewed out
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