How to Use spout in a Sentence

spout

1 of 2 verb

• The well was spouting oil.
• She kept spouting on and on about politics.
• Image Holes were drilled from the back of the heads to the front so that water could spout out of the mouths.
  — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 20 June 2018
• Fire might as well be spouting from the tips of his fingers.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• Its bucket has a pour handle and spout for easy clean up, too.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
• Thick paving stones lined the courtyard, and water was cleared from the timbered roofs by stone rain spouts.
  — Mark Stevenson, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
• Bimbo spouted the foil pack and shook the last crumbs of crisp into his palm.
  — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• Those not prepared to spout Putin's false claims about the war risk beatings, arrest and jail.
  — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
• But the pilot’s been too busy blaming the clouds and spouting lies over the loudspeaker.
  — Deborah Copaken, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2020
• In this speech alone, Trump spouted 44 claims that have been proved to fall somewhere on the mistruth meter.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 10 May 2018
• First things first: Faucet aerators are the small pieces attached to the end of your kitchen, bathroom, and other sink spouts.
  — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2019
• People are stabbed, shot and sliced, with spouting, pooling blood.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• But the Elaine part kind of writes itself, because the humor came from my mom -- that’s in her soul, and she spouted that stuff daily.
  — Fred Schruers, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2019
• Water spouts formed near the city, and some neighborhoods received more than eight inches of rain in three hours.
  — Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 10 July 2019
• Videos of a high school cheerleader in Fresno spouting the N-word have roiled the city and led to debate about how to respond.
  — latimes.com, 3 June 2019
• Our state is better off when the coaches at these two schools are spouting off, if only a little.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
• The Dad spouts quotes from John Milton (a little too often) and son Matt is a pianist preparing for a recital.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 July 2019
• Cyrus is a 20-something man shaking off years of drinking and drugging by spouting words.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• His bandmates, however, are glad to spout off about their elusive singer.
  — Katherine Turman, SPIN, 26 Feb. 2022
• Skippers often then put their boats in neutral or turn off the engines, when the whales often choose to cruise up nearby and spout in close range.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2020
• An erupting volcano has been spouting lava, ash and rocks for nearly a month.
  — Fox News, 1 June 2018
• Would the drivers lose their cool, spout something racist or slam the gas pedal and ram the activists, reenacting Tiananmen Square in their own minds?
  — Fox News, 5 Apr. 2021
• The line was no mere deep cut, and wasn’t spouted by a reckless twentysomething seeking shock value.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
• Both had numerous water spouts up to 2 feet or more in length, but the ends of the laterals have grown only inches in four years on both trees.
  — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2020
• Republicans on Capitol Hill have been looking the other way for years as King spouts racist rhetoric.
  — Ella Nilsen, Vox, 6 Nov. 2018
• That's when the camera pans out, revealing two Peloton bikes while a voice-over begins to spout off the health benefits of cycling…with a twist.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2021
• Those coins can cause the game to spout out prize-redemption tickets through an optional printer.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2020
• Some spouting these critiques seem less mad about the way that they are being treated and more about the fact that other Black people are treating them in such a way.
  — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Nov. 2023
• In Shucked, Cahoon’s character is now Peanut, the town philosopher — who comes across as a bit of a rube, but then spouts profound universal truths.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2023
• My mother-in-law, as her Alzheimer's disease advanced, could spout reams of reasonable poetry off the top of her head.
  — Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023

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spout

2 of 2 noun

• Water was flowing from the spout.
• When it’s done, simply pour your milk with the spout on the side.
  — Jaina Grey Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
• The fountain is sold with a tiny brush to help clean the inside of the spout piece.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• This includes the placement of the handle and the angle and length of the spout.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• There was a tiny little ship on top, on top of the spout.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• The biggest problem with both was a small drip from the spout due to a bad seal.
  — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 30 June 2023
• Use the spouts to control when and how much soy sauce comes out.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2023
• The spout swivels 360-degrees to cover the entire sink.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
• Insert the plunger and position the spout above your mug.
  — Cassidy Olsen, Good Housekeeping, 1 Apr. 2021
• The rats were placed in glass boxes with a water spout.
  — Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
• Have ready by the cooktop a 1 cup glass measure with a spout.
  — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
• The cap has a spout to be used for drinking its contents!
  — John Hodgman, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• The lid has a special spout that makes adding mix-ins super clean and easy.
  — Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• The women who sashay through the newsrooms show plenty of leg and spout lots of sass.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
• When eating out, be sure to ask that no raw spouts be added to your food.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• The cooking cup holds 0.8 liters and has a drink-thru lid with a pour spout and strainer.
  — Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2021
• While the vessel is stainless steel, both the handle and the spout are plastic.
  — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
• Our testers noted that the water came out of the spout at a speed that wasn’t too fast or too slow.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023
• The crack of a rifle, the grunt of a polar bear, the spout of an orca, the bone-on-bone clash of narwhal tusks.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2021
• The plastic handle is wide and easy to grasp and stays cool and the large spout allows for a fast, easy pour.
  — Anna Helm Baxter, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
• Plus, the large dual pour spouts made pouring oil easy and mess-free.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2023
• The water spout was over Lake St. Clair, but remained on the water.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2023
• There's also no spout so the water pours out of a corner.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2023
• In the second Laura’s toe gets stuck in a bathtub spout.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
• The drain spout is located in the back corner and is easy to push grease into.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 1 June 2023
• Cons: The spout is not slanted, so pouring wine causes drips down the side.
  — Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2022
• The dish rack even comes with a sink drainage spout, so dishes dry faster and your counters stay clean.
  — Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2021
• The spout on the earpieces is very thin and so these are specially made ear tips instead of off-the-shelf ones.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• The bottle features a stainless-steel sip spout and is BPA-free.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 28 June 2021
• Again five of our six picks have dual pour spouts and helper handles.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024