as in poured
to give readily and in large quantities
showered gifts on the guests of honor
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Recent Examples of showered
There, he was showered with gifts from fans in the country where his pop culture passion was born.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
After Kansas City’s 27-24 win, Bills supporters showered Kansas City’s players with snowballs, many of them frozen solid.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Moose was showered with pets before being reunited with his owners, according to People.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Players are rushing to get showered, dressed, fed and present with family members who traveled for the game, all before being chauffeured away in the bus to the team plane.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
This time, the Tigers were showered and prowling downtown Cleveland in time for a celebratory steak dinner.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
They will be showered with confetti and applause, not to mention be awarded $750,000 for their efforts.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
The school has been showered with flowers, donuts and other treats.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Donors linked to compounding pharmacies have showered Harshbarger with donations over the years, and Robert Harshbarger, the congresswoman’s son, serves as CEO of Premier Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy that could stand to gain from the legislation.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2025
Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
After Kansas City’s 27-24 win, Bills supporters showered Kansas City’s players with snowballs, many of them frozen solid.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Moose was showered with pets before being reunited with his owners, according to People.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Players are rushing to get showered, dressed, fed and present with family members who traveled for the game, all before being chauffeured away in the bus to the team plane.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
This time, the Tigers were showered and prowling downtown Cleveland in time for a celebratory steak dinner.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
They will be showered with confetti and applause, not to mention be awarded $750,000 for their efforts.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
The school has been showered with flowers, donuts and other treats.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Donors linked to compounding pharmacies have showered Harshbarger with donations over the years, and Robert Harshbarger, the congresswoman’s son, serves as CEO of Premier Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy that could stand to gain from the legislation.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showered
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Congress supported all of these measures and tried to boost the United States’ competitiveness through legislation like the CHIPS and Science Act, which poured federal money into strategically significant industries.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The rectory air was humid; sun poured through windows on the southern side, so that certain rooms sweltered and others felt as cold as a cave.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t the first time Winkler has heaped attention on Kelce.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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There, heaped into a sad pile of rubble, is a part of the world’s most recognizable structures, one that’s been etched into our minds via many film and TV series that recreated the homebase for fictional political dynasties and presidents.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Oppenheimer director lavished praise on Johnson during an interview with The Smashing Machine helmer Benny Safdie on The Director’s Cut, the Directors Guild of America’s podcast.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kipping points out, however, that over nearly a decade and a half, astronomers have already lavished attention on WASP-39b, and numerous transits have been captured.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Scientific American,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Showered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showered. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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