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Example sentences for "gush"

Lexicographically close words:
gurnard; gurnards; gurt; guru; gurus; gushed; gusher; gushes; gushing; gushings
  1. But scarcely had I come, as I may say (and not without a little gush of alarm now that it was over), to myself, when I was struck by a thought.

  2. I tell you, King, that like water hidden in a rock there is good in this man's heart, and that I shall yet find a rod wherewith to cause it to gush out and refresh the desert.

  3. It is more likely that he will find a spear wherewith to cause your blood to gush out and refresh the jackals," answered the king grimly; "but be it as you will.

  4. My hand, which grasped his splendid weapon, was sensible of the instant rush of the fiery liquid through it, and the next moment, I felt the warm gush driven into my entrails as if it had been forced up by a pump.

  5. It was visible even from the deck above; for looking over I perceived a thick gush of water pouring through the side of the boat.

  6. You will hear the strains of the lyre struck by the muse who is nearest akin to you, and in the divine gush of inspiration you will receive the winged words in which to express your love and your unhappiness.

  7. The borrowed words of Falstaff banished Hoffmann's reserve, and caused his sombre face to light up with joy and his tongue to pour out a brilliant gush of talk.

  8. Apparently the sight stimulated its curiosity, for, with a roar and a gush of ardent spirit, it plunged into the sea and drove the bottle far down into the deep.

  9. It seemed to me that some hidden well of sorrow had been opened from which the tears must gush forth unquenchable.

  10. For a moment we bandied polite phrases, or rather Elizabeth and I did, while Ellen sat inert and aloof as she had on the drive over, until all of a sudden she seemed to awaken in a gush of pity for Alec and for Elizabeth.

  11. It roars,--The River of Hell, whose first outbreak was chanted as the gush of a channel to Elysium.

  12. Mercury accordingly transported him to heaven and caused a well to gush forth on the spot from which he ascended.

  13. The mother welcomed her with a silent grasp of the hand and a gush of tears.

  14. I have every now and then, on breezy sunny mornings or after rain, an intense gush of yearning for the peculiar unconscious delight—the index of perfect physical health—of childhood; but I never deliberately wish that things were otherwise.

  15. No wine was wanted to keep up the general cheerfulness; the sparkle of champagne; the dash of crystals; the gush of song were all unnecessary there.

  16. The woman had loved pure things once, and this voice started her heart as if a gush of perfumed air had swept through it.

  17. Then the outer door opened, admitting a gush of damp wind into the hall that forced back the door of the basement, and there stood little Julia Warren, panting for breath, but full of wild and beautiful animation.

  18. A gush of gentle compassion broke up through the blackness and rubbish which had almost choked up the pure waters of her heart, humanising her countenance, and awaking her womanhood once more.

  19. Her eyes were absolutely star-like in their brilliancy, and her voice broke through the room in a joyful gush that made everything cheerful again.

  20. The shadows grew deeper upon the valley, dew began to fall, and every gush of air that swept over the fields, became more and more fragrant.

  21. The contrast was as sharp as that little gush of icy air.

  22. It was long after dark now; but she could hear the whistle of the sleet as the wind bore it past, and the rush of ice and snow against the window-panes, and even through the close-fining sash she could feel a little gush of keen air.

  23. As he did so, Ada broke the long silence she had maintained by suddenly exclaiming, in a voice that arrested every passenger, and made the blood retreat with a frightful gush to the heart of Jacob Gray.

  24. The colour forsook the cheek of Albert, and he stood gazing at her for a few moments, incapable of thought or action; then, with a gush of joy, he flew towards her.

  25. He betrayed more of their intentions than Kerr had discovered in his words; so much, indeed, that Lambert's heart seemed to gush its blood and fall empty and cold.

  26. I can hear the gush Of a melodious wave that carries me On, on for ever to eternity!

  27. It was a barren mound that heard the gush Of living water from two fountains dumb-- Two rocky human hearts which long had striven To make a pleasant noise beneath high heaven!

  28. The light of the hall-lamp fell upon a figure, the sight of which sent the blood in a gush to his heart, and pierced him with horror.

  29. Then the doctor saw the face in the light of a street-lamp, and the sight sent the blood in a gush from his heart.

  30. Then a slight quiver ran through her frame, which was followed by a gush of tears.

  31. When Mr. Smith came home at dinner-time I was in my chamber, ready prepared for a gush of tears.

  32. There is the novelty of seeing a rim of ice around the Devil's Frying Pan, and the great hole that the up-shooting gush of a geyser tears in a cloud of driven snow.

  33. Such was the intensity of his eagerness to speak that for a few moments the gush of words jammed in his throat and throttled coherence.

  34. He was just in time to avoid the deluge from a great gush of water and steam that shot a hundred feet in the air, but not to escape the mountainous discharge of soapsuds that followed in its wake.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gush" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abound; abundance; access; accession; accumulation; addition; advance; affluence; afflux; amplification; amplitude; appreciation; ascent; avalanche; babble; ballooning; belch; blab; boast; bonanza; boom; boost; bubble; buildup; burst; candor; cascade; chat; chatter; clack; clatter; climb; climbing; concourse; confluence; course; crescendo; current; defluxion; deluge; development; discharge; downpour; drain; drainage; drift; drip; ebb; edema; effervesce; elevation; empty; enlargement; eruption; exhaust; expansion; extension; extravagance; exuberance; fertility; flood; flow; fluency; flush; flux; font; fountain; frankness; fullness; gab; gabble; gain; gas; generosity; geyser; gibber; glibness; gossip; growth; gush; gushing; ham; hike; increase; increment; inflation; inflow; insincerity; issue; jabber; jaw; jet; jump; landslide; lavishness; leap; levitation; liberality; loquacity; lot; make; maximum; mount; mounting; much; multiplication; myriad; onrush; openness; opulence; outbreak; outburst; outflow; outflowing; outpouring; overflow; palaver; patter; play; plenitude; plenty; pour; prate; prattle; prevalence; prodigality; productiveness; productivity; profusion; proliferation; prolixity; quantity; race; rain; raise; ramble; rapids; rattle; rave; redundancy; regurgitate; reiteration; repletion; riot; rise; rising; rocket; roll; run; runoff; rush; scads; shower; slobber; slosh; sluice; slush; soaring; sociability; spate; spew; spit; spout; spray; spread; spring; spurt; squirt; stream; substantiality; superabundance; superfluity; surface; surge; swelling; swirl; takeoff; talk; tautology; teem; tide; tirade; torrent; trend; tumescence; twaddle; unction; undercurrent; undertow; upgrade; uphill; uplift; uprise; uprising; upstart; upsurge; upturn; vault; verbosity; volcano; volubility; vomit; waffle; wealth; well; widening