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How to use gush in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Gush means a sudden rapid outflow. Example: “Water gushed out of the broken pipe.”

Examples of gush by meaning

nounA sudden rapid outflow.

  • She stood with one hand on her hip while she used the other hand to pour a gush of drain-cleaner into something that was either an industrial sink or Orson Welles's bidet.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

verbTo flow forth suddenly, in great volume.

  • Water gushed out of the broken pipe.
  • After he was stabbed, blood came gushing out his throat.
  • All the complaints she'd bottled up came gushing out during their marriage counselling session.

verbTo send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.

  • The other was no longer capable of controlling his anger; his parasite creature amplified his passion by ten; his jaws cracked open and his great mouth gushed blood from torn gums as teeth grew out of them like bone sickles.1993, Brian Lumley, Blood Brothers, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 119
  • A beautiful spring gushed water from the ground in this mountainous sector of Polk County, inspiring the name of the place.2001, Larry L. Miller, Tennessee Place-names, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 196

verbTo ejaculate during orgasm.

  • She gushed over his hand, her cunt gripping and releasing his invading fingers.2008, Anya Bast, The Chosen Sin, Penguin, →ISBN, page 154
  • Somehow, this made his ejaculations all the more exciting, sending hot tingles streaking through her as he gushed.2009, Emma Holly, Kissing Midnight, Penguin, →ISBN
  • She'd never managed to do that to herself before—to climax so hard she gushed.2017, Cara McKinnon, Memories of Magic, Stars and Stone Books, →ISBN

verbTo make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.

  • The young mother was gushing over a baby.
  • Miss Johnson gushed approval with her usual air of coquettish superiority.1911, Thompson Buchanan, Making People Happy, page 14
  • Randy Thornton, a producer with Walt Disney Records, put it this way: “Walt was not a man who gushed praise.2010, Pat Williams, Jim Denney, How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

More sentences with gush

  • Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.From the entry gash
  • He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.From the entry over
  • Three Philippine women working in Dubai died in their car, trapped by waters gushing down the street.2024 April 25, Angela Dewan, “Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods”, in CNN. From the entry philippine
  • Of course, this sent a tsunami of duping delight gushing through my veins.2012, Alex Stone, Fooling Houdini: Adventures in the World of Magic, →ISBN, page 276. From the entry duping delight
  • “I was born a gayby.” “Aww, you were a gayby?” Lucy gushed.2011, Stephen Emond, Winter Town, link. From the entry gayby
  • Ecclestone alone makes the big TV, sponsorship and track deals that keep F1's cash gushing.2010 March 15, Josh Levine, “The Turbulent Times of Formula One”, in Time. From the entry straw that stirs the drink
  • When the forestream is clean, the water gushing out from it must certainly be clean.2010, Deaconess Floria Alexander-Reindorf, I Exist in All Planes at the Same Time. From the entry forestream
  • A single oil field is its gushing but fragile economic base.2008 April 17, “Many of China's 'resource' towns are dying”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May…. From the entry Yumen
  • The blood did not come out of him in a glug but in a steady silent gush.2004, Tom Bissell, “Death Defier”, in God Lives in St. Petersburg: Short Stories, Knopf Doubleday, published 2007. From the entry glug
  • How I exult when the moon-flood gushes, drowning the white snowspurt of the Devil's snake!2003, Kenneth Grant, Gamaliel The Diary of a Vampire, page 27. From the entry moon flood
  • Blood gushed from the severed artery, and he slumped to the ground.2002, Betty Bradford Byers, The Big Payback, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry Colombian necktie
  • Arlene and Irwin Isaacs, psychotherapists from Fort Lauderdale, gush with Disneyphilia.1995 December 10, “Celebration — it’s a small town, after all”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 278, section “Forum”, page 6. From the entry Disneyphilia
  • Chinese officials gush about their decision to turn the tropical island of Hainan into the world’s largest free-trade port (FTP).2026 February 1, “China has launched a huge free-trade experiment. Will reforms on a big southern island kick-start changes elsewhere?”…. From the entry FTP
  • Alec Baldwin's second wife Hillary 'Hilaria' Thomas shared three Instastories on Wednesday gushing over their newborn daughter Ilaria Catalina Irena Baldwin.2022 October 5, Cassie Carpenter, “Hilaria Baldwin gushes over newborn seventh child Ilaria making her 'tired' but 'happy'... as her…. From the entry Instastory
  • An opening flashback finds him midbattle, blades flying and cabernet-red blood gushing to the roar of power chords.2015 September 14, James Poniewozik, “Review: In ‘The Bastard Executioner,’ a Warrior Switches Blades”, in New York Times. From the entry midbattle
  • She wouldn't let me look at myself, but every so often Liza would shimmy up and gush, "Wow, honey!2012, Hester Browne, The Runaway Princess, page 310. From the entry respackle
  • His coal hair streaked through the gushing of freezing air and the base of the silk robe fluttered splendidly.2010, Rhett C. Bruno, Isinda: Fallen Dagger, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry coal
  • “I hope I can Tupperize my family!” gushes Ann.2008, Don Herzog, Cunning, page 154. From the entry Tupperize
  • "I was unconscious," the basketball player gushes.1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10. From the entry unconscious
  • The juice met your teeth with a gush.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 15, in Klee Wyck. From the entry Bartlett
  • As if losing his maidenhead, Christ's body 'bursts' when entered, bringing forth a gush of blood that mars his white (womanly) skin.2009, The Milieu and Context of the Wooing Group, page 141. From the entry maidenhead
  • A guy nearby gushed, "Oh my gawd, look at the size of this peanut!" and that was as excited as anyone got all afternoon.2006 September 15, Ted Cox, “Lovable Losers and the Lovable Losers Who Love Them”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 23 Jul…. From the entry gawd
  • While everyone into J-Horror is gushing over the zombie mayhem that is Junk, I think Wild Zero is a far better movie.2000 November 1, Latte Thunder, “Wild Zero - More Japanese Zombies!!”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 05 Oct 2018, message-ID…. From the entry J-horror
  • Gemma gave him another gushing smile.1998, Lisa Andrews, Too Late For Love, Robinson Pub., published 1998, →ISBN, page 200. From the entry gemma
  • Just the sound of the gushing wind would shake me to the core, and I wouldn’t take a step outside my house without feeling dreadfully frightened.2021, Saania Saxena, “Fears”, in Teenage Chronicles: My Journey of Self Discovery, London: Europe Books, →ISBN. From the entry ancraophobia
  • His book on governance has sold out in many countries across the world,” Zhong gushed, parroting the unashamedly hagiographic bulletins in which the party news agency Xinhua excels.2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Observer. From the entry hagiographic
  • The garden had been planted by the god Yahweh, who had caused a spring to gush forth in the eastern desert to create a paradisal oasis.2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 35. From the entry paradisal
  • About two miles up the steep hill that rises above this village, muddy water gushed through tents and small children dressed in light clothing squished around barefoot.1998 September 29, Jane Perlez, “For Kosovo Refugees, a Grim Augur of Winter”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry squish

Meaning of gush

  1. noun A sudden rapid outflow.
  2. verb To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
  3. verb To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.

Full definition of gush

Questions about gush in a sentence

How do you use gush in a sentence?
Gush is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Water gushed out of the broken pipe.”
What is a short sentence with gush?
“Gemma gave him another gushing smile.”
What does gush mean?
Gush means a sudden rapid outflow.

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