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Example sentences for "pour"

Lexicographically close words:
pounder; pounders; poundes; pounding; pounds; pource; poure; poured; pourest; poureth
  1. To such inexperienced ladies as could require these directions, the writer's further advice not to pour down the Cat's throat too much at a time, comes very seasonably, but I am not too sure that Pussy will not be choked for all that.

  2. The most common way, however, is to pour the milk gently down the throat from a pointed spoon.

  3. What woman ever saw the man she loved out of temper without seeking to pour oil upon the troubled waters, even at the risk of being charged with her sex's constitutional curiosity?

  4. Did she not pour out my medicine with her own white hands?

  5. The one fact that hung as a fruit upon her tree of Love, Lucy had given her; she would not, in fealty to her lover, reveal its growth and history, however sadly she yearned to pour out all to this dear old Mother Confessor.

  6. She wanted one to pour her feelings out to.

  7. Here, secluded from vexed shores, the prince and princess of the island meet: here like darkling nightingales they sit, and into eyes and ears and hands pour endless ever-fresh treasures of their souls.

  8. Get Dutch here to take you out with a tribe of peter men; he can teach you to pour the soup.

  9. Curly was considered one of the most skilful men in the business, but Dillon was older and could tell famous tales of the old days when they had blown gophers--the days when they used to drill the safes and pour in powder.

  10. She flung up a window and let the fresh air pour in.

  11. Marriott watched Dick pour a generous libation over the ice in the glass.

  12. Agar rose to pour out his own allowance, and for a moment the two men stood together.

  13. She is an actress 'pour se faire photographier.

  14. You see here I can pour off the supernatant liquid clear, leaving our silver and gelatine as a clot at the bottom of the vessel.

  15. To coat a plate, I place it on this small block of leveled wood, and pour on down a glass rod a small quantity of the emulsion, and by means of the rod held horizontally, spread it over the plate.

  16. In high spirits I pour out my spring wine And pluck the lettuce growing in my garden.

  17. I grind millet and make good wine: When the wine is heated, I pour it out for myself.

  18. Warm springs Pour from cloudy pools And hot smoke issues between the rocks.

  19. Even the ideas which commonly float through the mind of woman are so rapid and so indistinctly shaped, that when the door is opened to such thoughts as these they pour in like a torrent.

  20. He looked upon life around him as contes pour rire.

  21. This is the point to which our prophets who pour their lamentations over advancing civilisation should direct their main attack, as, indeed, the best of them have done.

  22. The evening was very still and warm, and the full blue pour of the moon made everything softly unreal, except the glittering path of light crossing the breathing, black expanse of water.

  23. When, a day or two after he had gone to see Elizabeth, he went to Philadelphia, Mrs. Richie was tremulously glad to see him, so that she might pour out her fears about David and ask advice on this point and that.

  24. Taking up the decanter to pour himself out a glass of brandy] Empty!

  25. Blindly she steeled herself for the words she feared would pour forth.

  26. And the way to keep error out, is to pour love in.

  27. The more eagerly you come and the more you partake of the feast Divine Love spreads, the more generously God will pour out His blessings upon you.

  28. She said that a spirit announced to her before her marriage, "Ton nom pour toi, ta fortune pour les autres, et tu ne seras jamais heureuse.

  29. I said, 'Ce petit enfant a tant de devouement pour sa Majeste la Reine, qu'elle va tous les jours a la Place d'Espagne seulement pour avoir le bonheur de voir sa Majeste quand elle passe.

  30. At last a day was fixed on which Victoire was summoned to the house "seulement pour voir," and then she first saw Lady Paul.

  31. That he might liberally pour his dear-bought treasures into empty or sin- 54:12 filled human storehouses, was the inspiration of Jesus' intense human sacrifice.

  32. Until we are thus divinely qualified and are 10:9 willing to drink his cup, millions of vain repetitions will never pour into prayer the unction of Spirit in demonstration of power and "with signs following.

  33. Jesus endured the shame, that he might pour his dear-bought bounty into barren lives.

  34. When that had been done He ordered the servants to pour out some of his wine, but to tell no one whence it came.

  35. At the marriage at Cana, Jesus noticed that the guests were taking too much, and therefore secretly bade the servants pour out water instead of wine while He Himself said, "Drink, this is better wine.

  36. To broach a cask of white wine from which none has yet been drawn, and pour the first of the liquor which flows, through the wedding ring.

  37. They pour into the wretched city of tents in a steady stream, bearing baskets and buckets of food.

  38. It seemed to pour in from every door and window on all sides, as well as from the floors above us.

  39. If the Pennsylvania were opened through to the East a steady stream of 200 cars already loaded for the sufferers would pour over the Alleghenies, but the Pennsylvania does not see light ahead much more clearly than yesterday.

  40. A few minutes more and she was right under the bows of the frigate, who now prepared to round-to, and pour a broadside into her for her temerity.

  41. To strip off his clothes, examine the wound, bandage it, so as to prevent a further loss of blood, and pour down his throat some diluted wine, was the work of a few minutes.

  42. Vinegar Solids Into a weighed aluminum or porcelain dish pour 10 cc.

  43. Place in a test tube and pour over them about 10 cc.

  44. Testing Olive Oil for Cotton Seed Oil Pour into a test tube 5 cc.

  45. Pour the liquid slowly until the desired amount is secured.

  46. Organic Matter in Water Pour into the evaporating dish 100 cc.

  47. Acidity of Vinegar Into a small beaker pour 6 cc.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pour" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abound; accord; administer; afford; allot; allow; award; bail; bestow; bucket; cataclysm; cataract; cloudburst; communicate; confer; course; crowd; cup; deal; debouch; decant; deluge; dip; discharge; disgorge; dish; dispense; dole; donate; downfall; downpour; drain; draw; drip; drizzle; drum; ebb; ejaculate; emit; empty; erupt; exhaust; expel; extend; fall; flock; flood; flow; flush; fork; fresh; gift; give; grant; gush; heap; impart; inundation; issue; ladle; lavish; make; mete; offer; outflow; overflow; patter; pelt; plash; pour; precipitate; present; proffer; rain; rainstorm; regurgitate; render; river; run; rush; scoop; scud; serve; shovel; shower; slip; sluice; snow; soaker; spade; spate; spatter; spew; spit; spoon; spout; sprinkle; spurt; squirt; stream; surge; tattoo; teem; tender; torrent; trend; void; vomit; vouchsafe; waterspout; weep; well; yield


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    pour boiling water over; pour forth; pour les; pour out drink offerings; pour over; pour some; pour the sauce over; pour them; pour vous; poured forth; poured over; poured upon