How to Use spigot in a Sentence

spigot

noun

• Hook the hose up to the spigot behind the house.
• The man’s feet were splayed against the pink tile on either side of the spigot.
  — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Lines to fill at often far flung town spigots, springs, and wells can stretch four hours long.
  — Photographs & Text By Elliot Ross For Time, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• Areas closest to the end of the spigot are padded.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• Leaving the field, court or course does not cut off the money spigot.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026
• Wrap the spigot or nearby pipes with towels or rags.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
• There’s not a spigot to turn on that’s going to come pouring out oil.
  — David Blackmon, Forbes, 12 June 2022
• Trump thinks the spigots will soon start flowing with Venezuela’s oil.
  — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• Both have since struck deals with militants that turned on the spigots again.
  — Sarah McFarlane, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
• But if the spigot gets turned off, the whole dynamic will change.
  — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 5 July 2026
• In the evenings, as people turn in for the night, managers turn down the spigot.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 May 2022
• Turning those spigots on isn’t like flipping a switch.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
• This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
• Once a month works, as does a weekly misting or a splash under the spigot.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2023
• Go outside and turn on the spigot, letting all the water drain from it.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
• That payment appears to have marked the opening of the spigot on years of loans.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
• This is a standard hose spigot with a long pipe on the back end that extends through the side of the house.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• Bats had been roosting in the trees where locals set up spigots to collect the tasty sap.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
• Progressive groups and unions kept the spigots on for Northam.
  — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2017
• Why, then, does the spigot of criticism from some of his peers remain so wide open?
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
• When the money spigot stays on, everybody stays paid, the rank and file stays in line.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• In fact, a slow drip from a spigot can freeze into an icicle that traps water in your pipes.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
• That should start closing the spigot on Iran’s revenue sources.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 16 May 2018
• Open the outside spigots to allow to drain water out.
  — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 27 Jan. 2026
• Sweet is a critical cog who keeps the spigot flowing.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 June 2026
• Then, once the spigot of cash is turned off, the scammer disappears.
  — Carson Kessler, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
• The run spigot continued to flow.
  — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
• Others kept small crops alive with buckets of water hauled down from a spigot at the top of the hill.
  — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
• Once thawed, remove the hose and let the spigot drain completely.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
• And at the end of the day, at some point, which is obviously now, the spigot needs to close.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025