fountained

Definition of fountainednext
past tense of fountain

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The insider added that the mom-to-be repeatedly gushed over the ornate decorations.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Knight gushed about his tag team partner.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Cleveland baseball fandom has coursed through the family’s blood for generations.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • The thrust of Mann’s speeches is that Germany, after its plunge into evil, must engage in a spiritual reckoning, a new embrace of humanity, the kind that coursed through Goethe’s writing.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • These two great rivals never raced each other again.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
  • After exchanging blows, the youngster raced on to a Djokovic drop shot before exquisitely returning with a faint backhand of his own, leaving his opponent with his hands on his knees in disbelief.
    Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Ismaila Sarr said a prayer as the Palace substitutes and coaching staff rushed on to the pitch, a delighted mob.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Three people were rushed to the hospital after escaping a burning home in Westminster on Thursday morning.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Matthew Cole Raises the Alarm Our world has been flooded by a deluge of digital platforms, their ceaseless flow submerging our daily lives.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • In a feed flooded with artificial content, genuine humanity becomes impossible to scroll past.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Georgie was engulfed in smoke and flames.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
  • Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it’s hit and engulfed in a fireball.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
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“Fountained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fountained. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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