How to Use spew in a Sentence

spew

1 of 2 verb
  • The dog spewed vomit on the rug.
  • Exhaust spewed out of the car.
  • The volcano spewed hot ash.
  • Smoke and ashes spewed from the volcano.
  • The faucet started spewing dirty water.
  • Off to the side was a room filled with spewing, brown wastewater.
    — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • One house even had a machine on the lawn that spewed out fake snow, which was so cool!
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Firefighters worked to put out the fire, which video shows spewed heavy flames.
    — Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The oak trees around us are spewing acorns like bullets from a Gatling gun.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The fire spewed for hours, sending toxins and smoke into the air.
    — Ginger Allen, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • It can be seen spewing a cloud of black smoke, and perhaps bird parts, from its back right after the bird strike.
    — James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Catch yourself before complaints come spewing out of your mouth.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • This means more of the plasma is available to be spewed onto the space junk, and more plasma means more thrust.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The outline of a frightening head seems to spew bodies into the sea.
    — Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Just compose a suitable prompt that will spew out a shiny new, ready-to-go computer program.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Cut to Lestat’s head in a toilet bowl in a motel bathroom with blood spewed all over the walls.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2026
  • Black smoke spewed upward from coal stoves mounted atop one, newspaper reports said.
    — Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
  • When workers saw, grind or polish quartz slabs, their tools can spew plumes of fine dust that billow into thick, pale clouds.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But since when did facts get in the way of a Trumpian lie spewed in the name of a bigoted narrative?
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Or spew lava from the sideline or behind a microphone.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Many speculated Woods wouldn’t win, though, and some of those doubters spewed racist comments.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The video shows a plume of dark smoke rising from the plant that continued to spew for over 25 minutes.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • If only the campground owner who spewed at Edmund after that stay could see them now.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Pulsars are the dead cores of the heaviest stars, which spew out jets of light and spin unbelievably fast.
    — Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • The politicians who won’t budge on gun laws spew platitudes or stay silent until the latest wave of outrage ebbs.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2022
  • Flies spew from her mouth (eww) and things get demonic in a decent thriller with some nicely creepy visuals.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • There, the adults mate, and the mass erupts like an infernal, infectious volcano, spewing out eggs.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Volcanic eruptions and wildfires both spew out nutrients that enter the ocean.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 4 May 2023
  • Damaged tank cars spewed toxic chemicals into the air and water.
    — Usa Today Network, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2023
  • Trees are felled to make their paper and gas-powered vehicles spew carbon to deliver them.
    — Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024

spew

2 of 2 noun
  • Your digestive system spews from both ends.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Auroras can be seen in the south when the sun spews a particularly large coronal mass.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Explosive natural gas spews from broken pipes on the lower floors.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • DeLillo was not the only literary giant to be drawn into that spew.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • Ambivalence is the lava that spews from a volcano of emotions, the push and pull of loving someone yet being wary of them.
    — Geoffrey Greif, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2026
  • An ultra realistic model of a dragon is perched on its roof and spews out fireballs thanks to flamethrowers hidden in its jaws.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Matagorda Bay sits where the Colorado River spews into the Gulf.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
  • That’s nearly five times hotter than lava that spews from volcanoes on Earth, and just like lava, the Sun glows from the heat.
    — Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
  • At the White House, the unwell billionaire rambles, spews insults at those who refuse to kowtow and dozes off in meetings.
    — Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Colts coach Steichen spews lava, draws unsportsmanlike conduct for running onto the field.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Hart will insult Hammerstein as a third-rate talent and then, upon being face-to-face with his rival, spews over-the-top compliments.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Stress, excitement or tiredness can set off an unwanted, uncontrollable volley of sudden jerky movements and/or a spew of four-letter and other words.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
  • What spews forth sometimes raises a red flag, especially one creation featuring an annoying friend (Kalon Cox).
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • One little alien spews tiny tadpole-looking critters into a water bottle, later swigged down by junior engineer Malachite (Jamie Bisping).
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At tea, Tim speaks little of her life, mentioning only a small promotion, whereas Lilith spews an elaborate fiction about her wealth and her success; their mother, meanwhile, resists talking about her work altogether.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election, including the popular vote, all Seven Swing States, and 86% of the Counties across America.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
  • When air pollution in the form of sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, particulate matter and mercury spew from fossil fuel burning power plants, the health of communities living nearby are at risk, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025

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