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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pour.

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Examples

  • The word poured out of his throat so slowly, most people could have completed an entire sentence in the same time.

    Famous Todd Strasser 2011

  • The word poured out of his throat so slowly, most people could have completed an entire sentence in the same time.

    Famous Todd Strasser 2011

  • The cats have slept there to fight the rats and the mice, who have had their little homes behind the walls for half a century; and the sink spouts have for the same term poured into the soil close by, their fragrant fluids.

    Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele

  • Gas poured from the San Bruno pipeline while a technician had to drive across town fighting rush-hour traffic to turn off the gas by hand.

    Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines Kimberly Lankford 2010

  • Zack flung his hands across his face as rain poured in, soaking him in an instant.

    EF 5 • by J.C. Towler 2009

  • As the rain poured down, droplets began hitting the bottles on the conveyor belt, the rain having made its way into the truck with the help of the wind.

    mise en bouteille / wine bottling 2009

  • So, while Martin poured out his heart to her, elated with the first success his chosen work in the world had received, she paid heed to his bare words only, gazing now and again about the room, shocked by what she saw.

    Chapter 26 2010

  • The sound is warm and rich, like smooth honey poured from a jar.

    Cougar Growls blog tour: Catherine Chernow — Fusion Despatches 2010

  • The rain was falling heavily when the theatres let out, and the brilliant throng which poured from the places of amusement was hard put to find cabs.

    CARRYING THE BANNER 2010

  • Water poured from a haphazard rock sculpture in a continuous loud cascade.

    The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Six xcpublishing 2009

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