How to Use spurt in a Sentence

spurt

1 of 2 verb
  • Blood spurts against the window.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The instant the cap was off, a geyser of pale goo spurted out.
    — Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In fact the water it’s formed from sometimes spurts out of the ground at boiling point.
    — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Then the Broncos go on a 30-0 spurt the rest of the way to close out the tilt.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • It's even got instruments to try to catch those plumes of water vapor that might spurt out from the icy crust.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • As the runners turned for home, the front-running Hejazi spurted clear.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • Strobe lights, spinning grenades, and spurting blood accompany the unts-unts-unts.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The peonies in my yard were blooming, spurting really.
    — Maria Zorn, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Some had water spurting from their machines, but others had nothing to tamp down the powder rising in the air.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The pipe connecting your toilet bowl to the Tushy is what allows water to spurt from the device.
    — Rachel Lubitz, CNN Underscored, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Some of Monday’s strongest action was in the oil market, where the price of crude spurted more than 3%.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • There are different kinds as well, like someone who was aroused by water spurting out of a faucet, another aroused by wet clothes.
    — Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Other waters are much hotter, both swimmable hot springs and geysers that spurt out from beneath the Earth’s surface.
    — Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Fast-fashion brands that spurt out trends twice a week then feed on that, making millions off of a few peoples’ originality.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 24 June 2021
  • Keep an eye out for the coton de tulear, which spurted from 92nd in 2024 to 79th last year.
    — Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The Patriots were tied 23-all with Pelham at the half, but pulled away with the third quarter spurt.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • These stand out amid the otherwise adequate effects, which simply get the spurting, spewing job done.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Another item on the mind-blowing lineup of Goop products is a device to spurt hot coffee up your keister.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2020
  • With the influx of funding from FranShares, growth is going to accelerate and spurt.
    — Gary Stern, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • For the center of the piazza, Noguchi has designed a fountain that would spurt up into the air and then spill over onto the piazza.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Some excess material is therefore spat away, channelled by the star's nascent magnetic field into beams of matter that spurt from the young star's magnetic poles.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 June 2025
  • Whenever investors reckon that the Federal Reserve will stop raising interest rates, these stocks spurt.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In that case, the ongoing seismic activity could stop abruptly or peak in a phreatic eruption—the volcano would spurt out hot liquids, gases and rock fragments instead of lava.
    — Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Cryovolcanoes on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, seem to spurt gases above the ice surface adding to the ever-present hazy climate of Titan.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Thanks to advances in computer graphics, the fighting game Mortal Kombat boasted gruesome details like spurting blood and the ability to rip an opponent’s heart out through their chest.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023

spurt

2 of 2 noun
  • Williamson scored eight points in the spurt.
    — CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Jaquez had five points during the spurt.
    — Doug Feinberg, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
  • As the lieutenant falls to the ground dead, blood spurts from his head.
    — Time, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The training takes place in 10-hour spurts.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
  • His spurt shot him up to 6 feet, 7 inches.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Dec. 2025
  • But recovery would come in fits and spurts.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Simpson had eight points and Williams had four straight in the spurt.
    — Beth Harris, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Lundell has filled in for Barkov in spurts over the past few years.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The Huskers put the game away with a late 15-3 spurt.
    — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Stojakovic capped the spurt with a steal and one-handed slam that drew cheers.
    — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Stojaković capped the spurt with a steal and one-handed slam that drew cheers.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Auburn is on a 4-0 spurt but it's been all Texas early.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This method could entail spurts of blood or violent death throes.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Not spurts of it, not a quarter of it, not a half of it, but for a full four quarters.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Memories would come back to her in little spurts.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, money comes in spurts.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
  • It is not intended to be used in short spurts, like the month before an event.
    — Sarah Sloat, Health, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Heat on medium power in short spurts until warmed through.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The first half, which ended in a 34-34 tie was full of spurts.
    — ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Davis rushes for six, and Perry gets the first down with a three-yard spurt.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Those 7-2s are the types of spurts that move the needle in the standings.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • But this churlish little spurt from his players?
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Chapman saw success only in fits and spurts.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In fact the water it’s formed from sometimes spurts out of the ground at boiling point.
    — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Tate came through with Marist’s first basket in over four minutes to stop the spurt.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In short spurts, this usually isn't a problem.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
  • There have been spurts of parity before.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Wooten scored six points in a 9-0 spurt that cut their deficit to 52-39.
    — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Things like tight pacing and sustaining tension come and go in fits and spurts.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
  • No Anunoby fourth-quarter spurt.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026

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