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
The International Esperanto Naturist Organization showered passersby with pamphlets featuring stock photos of aspirationally fit, naked bodies.
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Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Collins was showered with gifts and a citation.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 22 May 2026
Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands famously showered her with expensive jewels from the world’s most famous luxury houses, including Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier.
—Lisa Gutierrez
may 18, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
The former mistress claims she was showered with gifts and even provided with a furnished apartment during their relationship.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
On Thursday, the Padres simply played out the next seven innings, showered and dressed and headed out of town following a 7-1 loss to the Brewers.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
So on the advice of pitcher Logan Gilbert, the Seattle Mariners star catcher showered in full uniform after Monday night’s game.
—Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
When Kiffin returned to Tennessee as Ole Miss’s head coach, fans showered the field with debris and the game had to be stopped temporarily—and that was the reaction after Kiffin had coached the Vols for a mere single season, 11 years earlier.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
When the news broke Wednesday that Ted Turner, the renowned media and sports mogul, had died at the age of 87, leading voices in the media and entertainment world showered praise upon his legacy.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 6 May 2026
Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Collins was showered with gifts and a citation.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 22 May 2026
Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands famously showered her with expensive jewels from the world’s most famous luxury houses, including Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier.
—Lisa Gutierrez
may 18, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
The former mistress claims she was showered with gifts and even provided with a furnished apartment during their relationship.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
On Thursday, the Padres simply played out the next seven innings, showered and dressed and headed out of town following a 7-1 loss to the Brewers.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
So on the advice of pitcher Logan Gilbert, the Seattle Mariners star catcher showered in full uniform after Monday night’s game.
—Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
When Kiffin returned to Tennessee as Ole Miss’s head coach, fans showered the field with debris and the game had to be stopped temporarily—and that was the reaction after Kiffin had coached the Vols for a mere single season, 11 years earlier.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
When the news broke Wednesday that Ted Turner, the renowned media and sports mogul, had died at the age of 87, leading voices in the media and entertainment world showered praise upon his legacy.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showered
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That’s why the state’s nonpartisan watchdog, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, quickly poured cold water on Newsom’s good-news budget moment.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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No one poured school fees or study-abroad plane tickets or holidays in Málaga and Mérida into her.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Nick Immaculata from Preservation Distillery might be, especially after seeing the praise heaped upon it from the eternally online whiskey world.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
24 May 2026
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Cooking utensils and small mounds of clothes are kept in plastic bags or heaped on the ground.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
16 May 2026
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An obvious contributor, also cited by Powell, is the king’s ransom being lavished on AI data centers, projected to reach almost $1 trillion this year, multiples of the number three years ago.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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Kerr, who has also lavished praise upon Brown, 56, whenever asked about him, made sure to give Atkinson his due before a December game in Cleveland.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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“Showered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showered. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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