Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eruct
Verb
  • Cunningham, Sheldon and Sun guard Lindsay Allen were ejected from the game with about 40 seconds left before the Fever took home the victory.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
  • The screw-on lids can forcefully eject upon opening if food, carbonated beverages or perishable drinks like juice or milk have been stored in the bottle over time.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • The intoxicated passenger was recorded grabbing the victim's hair and spitting on her.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • Jonathan Groff’s penchant for spitting on audiences became mainstream enough to warrant a joke at the Tonys.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Since 2020, military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have expelled Western forces — including U.S. troops — and turned instead to Russia for security support.
    Jewel Bright, NPR, 9 July 2025
  • At that point, the pericarp contracts, and both the fruit and the seeds are violently expelled through the resulting hole.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • What begins as a quiet rebellion erupts into a viral citywide strike, culminating in a daring heist.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • The whole table erupted into a debate about the war—one that everyone claimed to be against, even though one family member is a combat medic and another is enlisting.
    Guy Ben-Aharon, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • But half a million bucks isn’t the highest in the club’s 11-year history, what with high rollers jetting in for such mega events as Super Bowl LIV, Miami Race Week, the Bitcoin conference, Art Basel and more.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 July 2025
  • Patrons—the official Masters nomenclature for spectators—have long jetted into Augusta for golf’s ritzy Spring major, with a sizeable contingent of affluent fans flying private.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • The sun emits a form of invisible radiation called ultraviolet (UV) light.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
  • When pumped with enough energy, the sphere will emit the laser light on its own.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • He’s cooled off a bit since then, but spurts like that don’t happen by accident.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Some of Monday’s strongest action was in the oil market, where the price of crude spurted more than 3%.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Cops released photos of the gunman following the incident.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
  • Earlier this year, ESA released a request for proposals to European industry for bids to compete in the European Launch Challenge.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
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“Eruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eruct. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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