Explore Poured through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Poured in a sentence
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Poured meaning
simple past and past participle of pour
Using Poured
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of pour
- In the example corpus, poured often appears in combinations such as: poured in, poured into, have poured.
Context around Poured
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Poured
- In this selection, "poured" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, milk, tea, influence, vegetable and outside stand out and add context to how "poured" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 15 000 poured into a and 23 officers poured into the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "poured" sits close to words such as batch, beans and subjected, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with poured
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As soon as the “joke” hit the news, the attacks poured in. (12 words)
All eight netball courts are poured, all lighting poles in place, and netball posts in place. (16 words)
As protesters poured into the streets, police used water cannons to push them back from Netanyahu's residence. (18 words)
Instead of the ground slab being poured and then the walls being poured and allowed to cure on the slab, the panels were poured in the Lower Mainland and then trucked to Loon Lake in March 2023. (37 words)
A long-term vision for the Golden Z will be unveiled on August 14. And Glasgow City Region has been chosen as an investment zone, with £80 million being poured in over five years. (34 words)
As ever-more billions from the taxpayer are poured into the NHS with no discernible improvement in the service, the Prime Minister has no need to be so defensive about exercising his choice. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Instead of the ground slab being poured and then the walls being poured and allowed to cure on the slab, the panels were poured in the Lower Mainland and then trucked to Loon Lake in March 2023.
In the Lady tasting tea example, it was "obvious" that no difference existed between (milk poured into tea) and (tea poured into milk).
After leaving the villa, Jack promptly quit his job as he was flooded with job opportunities to become an influence poured in.
After the deadly supermarket shooting in May, millions of dollars in donations poured in for the victims’ families and, for weeks, memorials swelled with flowers, candles and condolence notes.
All eight netball courts are poured, all lighting poles in place, and netball posts in place.
A long-term vision for the Golden Z will be unveiled on August 14. And Glasgow City Region has been chosen as an investment zone, with £80 million being poured in over five years.
Altman said he hoped Microsoft would continue to invest in the company, after it poured in more than $10 billion earlier this year.
A man has been ordered to pay compensation after he poured vegetable oil over his neighbour's car during a long-running dispute.
A Mansfield man broke his enemy’s windows after a corrosive substance was poured on to his back and head, a court heard.
An aerial view shows New York City shrouded in haze on June 7 after smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest.
And in the traditional ceremony, the haggis is slashed open with a sword or a knife, whiskey is poured into the Haggis, and then it's served to the guests.
And I think the vibe, even from the moment we met everybody, everyone knew this was something special that they poured their hearts into.
An overflow crowd of 15,000 poured into a joint Israeli-Palestinian ceremony for the bereaved whose family members have been killed on both sides of the conflict.
A plus size model was dubbed "hotter than fire" as she poured her curves into a slinky see-through dress.
A series of well-wishes and prayers poured in from fans on Twitter for d on his 33rd birthday.
As ever-more billions from the taxpayer are poured into the NHS with no discernible improvement in the service, the Prime Minister has no need to be so defensive about exercising his choice.
As protesters poured into the streets, police used water cannons to push them back from Netanyahu's residence.
As rain poured outside the church, was in position to take a picture of Princess Charlotte waving from a carriage.
As soon as the “joke” hit the news, the attacks poured in.
At 7.40pm, 23 officers poured into the tenement hallway and split into assigned groups at doorways on each floor.
Common combinations with poured
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- poured in 52×
- poured into 26×
- have poured 17×
- has poured 11×
- poured over 11×
- poured out 11×
- he poured 9×
- being poured 7×
- and poured 7×
- was poured 6×