How to Use spree in a Sentence

spree

noun
  • What was her take on the naming spree?
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
  • What did the Cougars get for this spending spree?
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Nvidia has been on a spending spree in recent months.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Biden wasn’t just on a pardon spree at the end of his tenure.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • At least three occurred in the last month of their robbery spree.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
  • Since then it's been on a diplomatic spree to heal years-old rifts.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The blades of two butcher knives snapped off during the killing spree.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In some ways, this line signals how the team’s crime spree will implode.
    — Brandon Tensley, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • May her killing spree run forever!
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
  • That award went to the parents of a six-year-old child killed in the murder spree.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That award went to two parents of a six-year-old child killed in the murder spree.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That’s in part from a hiring spree to staff more flights and from high costs such as fuel.
    — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 13 July 2022
  • The spending spree is now Mullin’s to manage.
    — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The spree of shootings lasted almost a full year.
    — Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Someone appears to have gone on a killing spree backstage, at a wrestling match.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Two people were shot and wounded during the spree.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Coleman had six during the spree and Jones chipped in two with a jumper in the paint.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Three others were injured in the shooting spree, which stretched across at least eight crime scenes.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • In the film, a man goes on Christmas Eve killing spree to avenge his son’s death.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Bly started the spree with his second TD, a one yarder.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Hawke is on a real spree this fall with a slew of high-profile projects hitting screens big and small.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So, will the Rockies go on a spending spree this season?
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • To grow its cash pile, Berkshire has embarked on a selling spree.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Since the pandemic began, lots of schools have been on a hiring spree.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Since then, the bank has gone on a spending spree to remake its control systems.
    — Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
  • In 1984, Long embarked on his months-long killing spree.
    — Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Gap has been on a collaboration spree as of late.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Wall Street is already bankrolling the spree.
    — Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Apple has been on a spree of rolling out crucial health features to more people around the world.
    — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The film featured the stars as two women who take on a road trip that devolves into a crime spree.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024

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