How to Use spigot in a Sentence

spigot

noun
  • Hook the hose up to the spigot behind the house.
  • The man’s feet were splayed against the pink tile on either side of the spigot.
    — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Lines to fill at often far flung town spigots, springs, and wells can stretch four hours long.
    — Photographs & Text By Elliot Ross For Time, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Areas closest to the end of the spigot are padded.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Leaving the field, court or course does not cut off the money spigot.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Wrap the spigot or nearby pipes with towels or rags.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
  • There’s not a spigot to turn on that’s going to come pouring out oil.
    — David Blackmon, Forbes, 12 June 2022
  • Trump thinks the spigots will soon start flowing with Venezuela’s oil.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Both have since struck deals with militants that turned on the spigots again.
    — Sarah McFarlane, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
  • But if the spigot gets turned off, the whole dynamic will change.
    — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • In the evenings, as people turn in for the night, managers turn down the spigot.
    — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 May 2022
  • Turning those spigots on isn’t like flipping a switch.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2024
  • This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
  • This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
  • Once a month works, as does a weekly misting or a splash under the spigot.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Go outside and turn on the spigot, letting all the water drain from it.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That payment appears to have marked the opening of the spigot on years of loans.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
  • This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • This can also keep the end of the garden hose from getting stuck on the spigot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
  • This is a standard hose spigot with a long pipe on the back end that extends through the side of the house.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Bats had been roosting in the trees where locals set up spigots to collect the tasty sap.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Progressive groups and unions kept the spigots on for Northam.
    — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Why, then, does the spigot of criticism from some of his peers remain so wide open?
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
  • When the money spigot stays on, everybody stays paid, the rank and file stays in line.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, a slow drip from a spigot can freeze into an icicle that traps water in your pipes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That should start closing the spigot on Iran’s revenue sources.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 16 May 2018
  • Open the outside spigots to allow to drain water out.
    — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Sweet is a critical cog who keeps the spigot flowing.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 June 2026

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