Explore Spill through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like flow or move. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Spill in a sentence
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Spill meaning
- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- To spread out or fall out, as above.
- To overflow out of a designated area.
Synonyms of Spill
Using Spill
- The main meaning on this page is: To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. | To spread out or fall out, as above. | To overflow out of a designated area.
- Useful related words include: flow, move, displace, shed.
- In the example corpus, spill often appears in combinations such as: oil spill, the spill, to spill.
Context around Spill
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spill
- In this selection, "spill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oil, toxic, phrase, response, modeling and affected stand out and add context to how "spill" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a toxic spill and already reduced spill frequency by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spill" sits close to words such as heather, overweight and promotes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spill
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to United Utilities, it has already reduced spill frequency by 40 per cent since 2020. (16 words)
The Mandalorian is here to kick ass and spill drinks, and he’s all out of drinks to spill. (19 words)
Also don’t be surprised if these battles spill over into the 2024 ‘First in the South’ GOP presidential primary election. (21 words)
Shelter-in-place order reinstated day after fatal crash, toxic spill on I-10 in Tucson Residents in the area of a hazmat situation on Interstate 10 in Tucson were told to stay inside Wednesday morning, the day after a fatal crash caused a toxic spill. (46 words)
The scenes on the coastal areas of Oriental Mindoro affected by the oil spill days after the sinking of the oil tanker were reminiscent of the scenes several days into the Guimaras oil spill in 2006, the worst of such event in the country’s history. (46 words)
However, one 727 that's been a regular-enough fixture in the skies in recent years is the one owned by UK firm Oil Spill Response, which is used primarily to help clean up oil spills by dispersing oil-thinning fluids over spill sites. (44 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fisherfolk from oil spill-affected communities and cause-oriented groups gathered together in Pola, Oriental Mindoro – considered the ground zero of the oil spill from MT Princess Empress – to mark Earth Day and the effects of the oil spill.
Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional oil spill until it was surpassed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Shelter-in-place order reinstated day after fatal crash, toxic spill on I-10 in Tucson Residents in the area of a hazmat situation on Interstate 10 in Tucson were told to stay inside Wednesday morning, the day after a fatal crash caused a toxic spill.
The scenes on the coastal areas of Oriental Mindoro affected by the oil spill days after the sinking of the oil tanker were reminiscent of the scenes several days into the Guimaras oil spill in 2006, the worst of such event in the country’s history.
However, one 727 that's been a regular-enough fixture in the skies in recent years is the one owned by UK firm Oil Spill Response, which is used primarily to help clean up oil spills by dispersing oil-thinning fluids over spill sites.
For environmental protection, the manifesto re-announces work on the developing oil spill contingency plan and the development of Guyana’s oil spill response capacity.
Spill modeling confirmed that in the unlikely case of a spill on the Line 3 replacement segment, oil will not reach Lake Superior.
While we don't know for sure that the phrase spill the beans really does date all the way back to ancient times, we do know that people have used the word spill to mean "divulge" at least since the 16th century.
The Mandalorian is here to kick ass and spill drinks, and he’s all out of drinks to spill.
Garneau said $1.2 million has also been awarded to Aqua-Guard Spill Response Inc. of North Vancouver for equipment to support the coast guard in spill clean-up.
The organization said BP Canada’s role in the Deepwater Horizon spill – which is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry – should “disqualify” BP Canada from drilling in Nova Scotia.
The U of A’s Twitter account put up a notice of the spill at 12:20 p.m., adding that the spill posed no risk to the other parts of North Campus.
Large numbers of fish were stranded and killed by the oil spill, and personnel from the FAA and crewman from the ship cleared the area closest to the spill of dead fish.
This leads to distortions - for example, spending on cleaning up an oil spill is included in GDP, but the negative impact of the spill on well-being (e.g. loss of clean beaches) is not measured.
According to the CIA, completed by Exxon’s Consultant, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), oil spill modeling was conducted for two loss-of-well-control scenarios- Most Credible Worst-Case Discharge (WCD) and Maximum (WCD).
According to the complaint, the employee cleaned up the spill — having to switch out their latex gloves after one pair was soaked through.
According to United Utilities, it has already reduced spill frequency by 40 per cent since 2020.
Along with other initiatives, it has argued that some US$2.6B in insurance and affiliate company guarantees have been secured from Exxon for oil spill coverage.
Also don’t be surprised if these battles spill over into the 2024 ‘First in the South’ GOP presidential primary election.
Although the spill is relatively small, covering an area of approximately seventy square meters, authorities activated the emergency plan by deploying floating dams and by using absorbent materials in the polluted area.
Common combinations with spill
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- oil spill 57×
- the spill 29×
- to spill 23×
- spill over 21×
- spill in 12×
- spill the 9×
- spill on 8×
- spill out 8×
- spill from 7×
- spill into 7×