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  • noun Plural form of outpour.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpour.

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Examples

  • Right … I guess Mr. Forbes thinks the gas will flow out of Iran in the same huge outpours it is flowing now out of Iraq.

    Think Progress » Steve Forbes: “When We Have The Confrontation” With Iran, “The Price of Oil Will Come Down” 2006

  • YOUNG: I've been really afraid that once everybody goes home, which is what we need to do now, we need to settle down and be quiet, because it's been -- it's been wonderful all of the outpours, but it scares me to be alone.

    CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2003 2003

  • Maxine, knowing just what to do in the midst of my tears and overly emotional outpours picks up her guitar and sings for me, not one song but two.

    lily-white Diary Entry lily-white 2001

  • This was calculated to infuriate Catharine Trotter, who outpours in forcible terms her just indignation: --

    Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888

  • The greater the man before the public, the more he outpours himself, the more his need for mothering in the quiet of his home.

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Elbert Hubbard 1885

  • And if this be true of that _Astrophel and Stella_ series in which the poet outpours the melodious heyday of his youth -- in which he strives to embody a passion as rich and full as ever stirred man's blood -- what shall be said of the _Arcadia_?

    Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation William Ernest Henley 1876

  • Support outpours for Russian 'dream job' candidate caught in porn scandal World

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • How well we execute in the months to come, how well we fund down (ph) these regulations, how well we each in our own respective countries help banks to deal with the imperiled assets that they have on their books and they can start lending again to businesses and consumers, how effective we are in managing huge outpours of capital from emerging markets and provide a platform (ph) for very poor and developing countries that are seeing huge contractions in their trade and just don't have a lot of margin for error, how well we reform our international financial institutions so that they can be a more effective player in this whole process.

    CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2009 2009

  • a skull was found imbedded in the gravel, which, if authentic, must have been overflowed by several successive thick outpours of lava in the ancient volcanic era of that region.

    Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Charles Morris 1877

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