Examples of spew in a Sentence
Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 14 Nov. 2023
In 2010, the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, on Iceland’s southern coast, ejected 330 million cubic yards of material and spewed ash 30,000 feet high.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
Volcanoes—even ones that spew ice—need heat to erupt, so recent activity would suggest Pluto’s interior has more heat than previously thought, perhaps from radioactive elements in its core.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
During both outbursts, the comet brightened significantly and spewed clouds of gas and icy debris that looked like two matching horns.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
Overall, experienced parents with credentials get the virtual microphone; those spewing pseudoscience are shut down.
—Curbed, 18 Oct. 2023
Li explained that common cold symptoms, like a running nose and coughing, can spew bodily fluids into the air, often landing on household items like towels.
—Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 1 Oct. 2023
Armando Herman, 56, routinely spews inflammatory diatribes and hurls racial epithets — ugly remarks that are typically protected by the 1st Amendment.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
Ebay may have to cough up as much as $2 billion in fines for allegedly allowing the distribution and sale of hundreds of thousands of products that significantly increase pollution spewing from diesel pickup trucks.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
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
Researchers say the 1257 mystery spew is comparable in scope to a second-century AD eruption in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand, known as the most intense historic volcanic event.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
This whirlwind sequence unfolds Alexandre’s romantic desperation, torrentially intellectual word-spew, and essential traditionalism.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
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Word History
Verb
Middle English, from Old English spīwan; akin to Old High German spīwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Spew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spew. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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