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
Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 23 Apr. 2024
Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano on Ruang Island, North Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday night, spewing fiery lava and ash plumes thousands of feet into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
The 750-foot Ruang volcano, located on a remote island in the province of North Sulawesi in Indonesia has erupted multiples times since Tuesday, spewing columns of lava, rock and ash as far as two miles into the sky, according to Reuters.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Fossil-fuel burning trucks spew alarming amounts of greenhouse gases, dangerous nitrogen oxides, lung-clogging particulate matter and a toxic stew of other pollutants.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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
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
But in no lifetime should a parent publicly slander their children, be passive-aggressive to the point of only acknowledging stepchildren, and spew this type of vitriol to strangers when there are options like a diary, therapy, and mobile phones.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 23 Apr. 2024
Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano on Ruang Island, North Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday night, spewing fiery lava and ash plumes thousands of feet into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
The 750-foot Ruang volcano, located on a remote island in the province of North Sulawesi in Indonesia has erupted multiples times since Tuesday, spewing columns of lava, rock and ash as far as two miles into the sky, according to Reuters.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Fossil-fuel burning trucks spew alarming amounts of greenhouse gases, dangerous nitrogen oxides, lung-clogging particulate matter and a toxic stew of other pollutants.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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
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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