as in pouring
to give readily and in large quantities
showered gifts on the guests of honor
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Recent Examples of showering
The best accent chairs are more than simple seating, showering a room in personality.
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
If this issue persists, be sure to turn on the fan or open a window in your bathroom, particularly during and after showering.
—Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Please join me in showering @alroker with the biggest birthday wishes his heart can hold!
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Post-Shower Moisturizers Moisturizing after showering is perhaps the most crucial step of any everything shower routine.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Two influencers filming a food review video inside a Houston restaurant inadvertently captured the terrifying moment an SUV crashed through the glass wall beside their table, showering them with shards in the middle of their meal.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, work in relaxing activities to slow down like showering and reading a story.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Removing clothing and showering promptly after being outside can help remove unattached ticks.
—Dr. Andrew Bernstein, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Bomarc rockets had jets designed to propel a W40 nuclear warhead into high-flying USSR aircraft, which would detonate in the sky, showering the earth with radioactive debris, neutralizing quite a few enemies of American freedom.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
If this issue persists, be sure to turn on the fan or open a window in your bathroom, particularly during and after showering.
—Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Please join me in showering @alroker with the biggest birthday wishes his heart can hold!
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Post-Shower Moisturizers Moisturizing after showering is perhaps the most crucial step of any everything shower routine.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Two influencers filming a food review video inside a Houston restaurant inadvertently captured the terrifying moment an SUV crashed through the glass wall beside their table, showering them with shards in the middle of their meal.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, work in relaxing activities to slow down like showering and reading a story.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Removing clothing and showering promptly after being outside can help remove unattached ticks.
—Dr. Andrew Bernstein, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Bomarc rockets had jets designed to propel a W40 nuclear warhead into high-flying USSR aircraft, which would detonate in the sky, showering the earth with radioactive debris, neutralizing quite a few enemies of American freedom.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showering
Verb
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Adam Paul, Montna Farms operations manager, said that within minutes of pouring water into the dry fields, various species — birds, frogs, cranes — start to appear.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The injection molding process begins with the user pouring a liquid elastomer mixture into the injection chamber.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gilbert, newly flush with seemingly unlimited cash, and filled with both a desire to be useful and the existential unease of someone who has just won the lottery, begins covering her friends’ therapy bills and tuition payments, and lavishing jewelry, weddings, and houses (plural) on them.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Spoon a heaping tablespoon (not packed) of crust mixture into bottom of each paper liner.—
Craig Melvin,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Showering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showering. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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