fountained

past tense of fountain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountained
Verb
  • By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.
    Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Kirk reached up with his right hand as blood gushed from the left side of his neck.
    Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For Valentine’s Day 2020, the couple donned matching pajamas covered with Bagel’s face, and the two gushed to PEOPLE about loving their little family.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bradley McCroskey caught a miraculous 26-yard touchdown pass on the final play of regulation, then Temi Ericson raced nearly untouched for a 25-yard TD in overtime to give the Indians a 34-28 victory.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Bruins never looked back, despite Sweetwyne settling into the game and engineering four scoring drives to keep the Falcons from getting boat-raced.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Aaron Lague ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns, while Luke Cathcart rushed for a score and caught a touchdown pass to amass 126 total yards in Fairhaven’s 42-29 South Coast Conference win over Somerset Berkley.
    Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Canyon’s Alexander Lundsberg passed for 461 yards and three TDs, and also rushed for 53 yards.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than $18 billion has flooded into more than 200 biotechnology companies touting AI to expedite development, with 75 drugs or vaccines entering clinical trials, according to Boston Consulting Group.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Friends and fans alike flooded the actor’s comment section with birthday wishes.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When deputies arrived, the plane was engulfed in flames.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Aamir Quereshi imaged the moon moments before it was engulfed in Earth's shadow over Pakistan, with a razor-thin crescent lit by bright sunlight.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hazardous medical waste bins overflowed.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Many residents of Hazard are still reeling from catastrophic flooding in July 2022, which was driven by five days of record-breaking rain that overflowed creeks and rivers across Kentucky.
    Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Tyler Andrew Riddle dripped with charisma and smarts.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Minneapolis community mourns after deadly shooting Tears dripped down cheeks as mourners wrote messages at a memorial Wednesday following a deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Fountained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fountained. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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