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shower

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verb

as in to lavish
to give readily and in large quantities showered gifts on the guests of honor

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Recent Examples of shower
Noun
There is a chance of showers in Madison and Fond du Lac, however. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025 At night, the area has a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely after 8 p.m, as well as increasing clouds. Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
TikTok @evelynmmartin The dog jumps onto the grassy area, shakes his head with his whole body moving in excitement, and jumps up to greet Martin, showering her with licks and nuzzles before spinning excitedly in a circle. Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Accepting the biggest award of the night on Sunday, September 7 at New York’s UBS Arena, Grande took the stage with the video’s director Christian Breslauer, and showered her fans with both appreciation and inspiration. Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shower
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shower
Noun
  • The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Saturday afternoon and evening, warning of storms with heavy rain, small hail, and wind gusts up to 40 mph in parts of north-central Colorado.
    Marco Cummings, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • If only this car had arrived a few months later during one of our brief bouts of winter rain.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This coalesces and makes sense of the barrage of assaults designed to undermine Americans’ trust in our country, our Constitution and all the principles upon which it was built.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • When Lauryn Licari and Owen McKenny finally learned who was behind the barrage of incessant, cruel texts that broke them up and created mass paranoia at their small Midwestern school, the truth was almost too impossible to believe.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An ancillary of the brand’s best-selling, ambery-woody eau, each aluminum tube contains a quick-absorbing lotion that lavishes skin with moisture, keeping hands feeling comfortable and cuticles softened with its moisturizing blend of avocado oil, shea butter, plus green tea and chamomile extracts.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And yet part of the quarterback’s allure is that, for all the worship lavished on those in the position, there is still a mystery about them.
    Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Saturday afternoon and evening, warning of storms with heavy rain, small hail, and wind gusts up to 40 mph in parts of north-central Colorado.
    Marco Cummings, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement The flurry of updates came three days after Robinson was arrested following an intensive hunt for Kirk's killer.
    Richard Hall, Time, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The flurry of summer comes to an end and routine returns.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These artists pour years of work and risk into their craft.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • To clean your stainless steel pan after a night of cooking, simply pour off the excess grease or oil, then clean the pan with warm water and dish soap, using a sponge (our favorite is this Skura style sponge), moving in a continuous circular motion across the cooking surface.
    Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The incident heaped pressure on Merkel and her migration policies.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Shower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shower. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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