How to Use pump out in a Sentence

pump out

phrasal verb
  • The icon has been pumping out a ton of projects lately.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Typical ant baits will kill the worker ants and leave the queen to pump out more.
    Lucy Warren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • This can cut off the venous return of blood to your heart, which means your heart will have less blood to pump out.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
  • As the superyacht was raised, seawater was pumped out of the hull.
    Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
  • The displays are micro-LED waveguides that pump out a bright 2,500 nits each.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Trump, for his part, would like to increase tariffs and pump out gushers of oil.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • These tools are being used to pump out more and more content at a quicker pace.
    Lisa Montenegro, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The basement was filled with 3.5 million gallons of water that had to be pumped out.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Then in the spring, trees pump out pollen which the wind spreads around, including into your nostrils.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
  • His job was pumping out the water and wastewater from the trailer homes set up for the oil rig workers.
    Mckenzie Andersen, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
  • All that work was quickest done with more hands—which meant women were relied on to pump out a bunch of kids and raise them.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 June 2025
  • Broadly speaking, red oaks seem to be pumping out the acorns more than white oaks and chestnut oaks this year.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The Palisades and Eaton fires, the biggest in the region, were no longer pumping out massive amounts of smoke on Tuesday.
    Amy Graff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This bad boy pumps out the volume to fill even cavernous spaces with pristine sound for TVs or tunes.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
  • What’s more, the Liberty are primed to keep pumping out titles.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Routers pump out Wi-Fi in a rough circle, so the ideal place for your router is in the middle of your home, and higher up is better.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Some land has also begun to cave in, with deep fissures forming in parts of the state as ground water has been pumped out.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
  • Outside, the men are trying to rig a solar panel on top of a water truck to pump out water.
    TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Watching the show one night from the floor, I was impressed by how much bass sound could be pumped out at a standing audience.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Never know where the delivery truck exhaust is pumping out heat in the middle of the day while packages are run up to the front door.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Plus, speakers that pop out of the side of the laptop chassis pump out impactful audio for group play.
    Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Viewers come for content, but that doesn’t mean the answer is to pump out more content blindly.
    Adam Rumanek, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Those volcanoes pump out the gasses that make up an atmosphere.
    Regina G. Barber, NPR, 8 May 2024
  • In the early 1800s, shipyards from Maine to Maryland started pumping out ships built for speed.
    Rafael Vilela, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • In some ways, the resorts are like offshore oil rigs, pumping out nearly all of the country’s income.
    Maahil Mohamed Elke Scholiers, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The burner will pump out enough heat for everything from morning coffee to your evening steak.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
  • So for now, the center is pumping out six portable toilets three times a week.
    Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But instead of reams of paper pressed and cut, this warehouse is home to Area 2 Farms, which now pumps out greens, herbs and root vegetables.
    Ciara O'Brien, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • The trust's analysis indicates that the mine has pumped out more than 67 million gallons to date.
    Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Set to open by July, this high-tech lagoon will pump out consistent, rideable waves year-round—just two blocks from the ocean.
    Erin Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025

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