fountaining

present participle of fountain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountaining
Verb
  • Strobe lights, spinning grenades, and spurting blood accompany the unts-unts-unts.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Seismic activity also creates spurting geysers and toasty geothermal pools, particularly in magma-rich areas like the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and around Borgarfjörður fjord, both in the west.
    Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Members of the Penguins’ coaching staff were gushing about his performance following the game.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This shady ramble follows a beautiful stream to a gushing spring.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If Chris Christie could get torched for taking then-President Obama on a disaster relief tour of New Jersey, what might happen if Abbott was spouting talking points for a secret Kenyan’s plan for a one-world government?
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The small, icy world is home to water-spouting geysers that spew vapor and ice particles into space – offering a tangible clue to its subsurface saltwater ocean.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During the 14 years between Voodoo and Black Messiah, D’Angelo set out to master the electric guitar, with the results of all that hard work coursing through the celebrated LP.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Right now, millions of Americans feel two emotions coursing through their veins.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Fountaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fountaining. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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