fountained

Definition of fountainednext
past tense of fountain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountained
Verb
  • Keep an eye out for the coton de tulear, which spurted from 92nd in 2024 to 79th last year.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.
    Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Keller girls basketball coach Kate Goldberg shared a moment with her former star before the game and previously had gushed about her work ethic and mentality.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Tyrone Phillips of Little Rock recently gushed about the pace and quality of his recent bass fishing trips to Lake Hamilton.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The new millennium had introduced a range of breakthrough neo-soul acts–Musiq Soulchild, Floetry, India Arie–whose music coursed with devotion and intimacy.
    Jackson Howard, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But these jewels appear as a tribute to the styles that coursed through the choreographer’s career.
    Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Being true to those principles matters more than refuting a talking point from any pundit or any bulletin-board material spouted by any rival.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Peter Barnum, one of the people on shore who raced to the rescue, described the exhaustion of one of the victims, the father.
    Ted Scouten, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Armed to the teeth With a 5-2 lead, the Red Sox raced through the final frames.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Days after she was struck in the head with a metal bottle, Khimberly was rushed to the hospital, where doctors discovered severe bleeding in her brain.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Major changes to higher education funding should reflect the different roles institutions play in serving students and the state’s economy — and such significant revisions must be studied, piloted and refined, not rushed.
    Mark Denzler, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Now, as thousands more have flooded the streets, sentiments toward delivery robots seem to have changed very little.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Hundreds of posts from angry attendees flooded social media sites this weekend, many of whom said the event was a far cry from what was advertised.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Arriving crews reported that the fire had already engulfed the second floor of a vacant, two-story house and began an offensive attack on the blaze, Nolan said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton March 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
  • By time deputies and firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Fountained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fountained. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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