How to Use gush in a Sentence

gush

1 of 2 verb
  • Oil gushed from the well.
  • Blood gushed from the wound.
  • I'm tired of hearing her gush about her boyfriend.
  • Everyone has been gushing over the baby.
  • Noah is known to gush about his kids online.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Kirk slumped in his chair, blood gushing from his neck.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The two co-stars have gushed about their close friendship.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The two co-stars have gushed about their close friendship.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Kirk reached up with his right hand as blood gushed from the left side of his neck.
    — Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Johnson gushed over the bride-to-be, 27.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Swift gushed in a pre-recorded video message.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
  • It wasn't dammed up then, and the water came gushing out icy cold!
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The rain just came pouring, gushing down.
    — Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Panthers players gushed about the crowd’s strength.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Brooke gushed in the comments section.
    — Jack Irvin, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Biyadglign gushed about the team’s chemistry.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Moretz, 28, gushed about both films during the Oh.
    — Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Water was seen gushing dozens of feet into the air.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Fans flocked to the comments to gush over the cute couple moment.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
  • In 2024, the mother of two gushed over their bond.
    — Essence, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Blood kept gushing out, soaking the pads under her dark red.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
  • Blood kept gushing out, soaking the pads under her dark red.
    — Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • This bag is perfect in every way, gushed one shopper.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Shoppers couldn't help but gush over the quality of the shoes.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The new mom then switched gears and gushed about how great her growing family is.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Weeks from the live action when the games matter, hope is gushing about now.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
  • The dog is a teacup poodle that Bloom adopted last year and has gushed about.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2025
  • In the comment section, users gushed about the new arrivals.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • When to get help Get help if a wound is large, gaping, or gushing blood.
    — Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Young people just aren’t going to gush about an 80-year-old man.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023

gush

2 of 2 noun
  • A gush of oil came out of the well.
  • Fans, on the other hand, couldn’t help but gush.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But the news released a gush of emotion that stunned even him.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2020
  • At times, waste gathered in her bathtub, or came out of faucets in a black gush.
    — Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
  • There was no gush of blood from the abdomen, and my own heart rate slowed a little.
    — W Roy Smythe, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2014
  • The water is fresh and beautiful, like the first gush of life.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 24 May 2018
  • Kirk can be seen reaching up with his right hand as blood gushes from the left side of his neck.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cut the square in half and the custard inside doesn’t so much gush as tremble.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Some bodies have been carried far away from their villages by the gush of mud and earth.
    — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The bear also bit into his head and a gash above his ear caused a massive amount of blood gush.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2016
  • The welcome gush of moisture earlier in the week had soaked in.
    — Dana Coffield, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
  • At that moment, a massive gush of water splashes over the deck.
    — Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But don’t expect a gush of businesses listing their shares this year.
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Access has in many ways been terrific so far—and that’s not even counting the gush of leaks.
    — Seth Stevenson, Slate Magazine, 10 Apr. 2017
  • Naturally, they were asked about their new nephew, and the couple couldn't help but gush.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 8 May 2019
  • Cracking through the crispy batter to find a still-runny yolk gush out over your rice is a wild pleasure.
    — Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Blood Falls, named for its ruddy color, is not in fact a gush of blood from some unseen wound.
    — Delaney Chambers, National Geographic, 29 Apr. 2017
  • The whales started roiling and a sudden gush of blood reddened the water.
    — Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And then, why did the creative gush of those 10 years essentially dry up?
    — Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Seagrasses turn the trickle into a gush.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The coconut will fall apart into halves, releasing a gush of water into the bowl.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The last two constitute a cottage industry in themselves, such is the gush of books about them.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
  • In the history of our species, nothing like this gush of good fortune has occurred before.
    — National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2020
  • But the surge in students — and with that, a gush of revenue — did not pan out as Flynn and her colleagues hoped.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • In some parts of the Gulf, hydrocarbons gush directly out of the seafloor.
    — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The popcorn collapses under my teeth and gushes with butter and cheese.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Colette, Culpo gushes, is also a fan of the changing table.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In the ad's dramatic climax, a gush of water douses the fire and the threat is extinguished.
    — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 19 June 2018
  • Spring snowmelt as a rule doesn’t generate huge gushes of river water of the type seen during winter storms.
    — Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow, sacbee.com, 1 May 2017
  • But wait, what’s the unsightly red gush from her nose that emerges during a climactic romantic scene?
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2020

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