Spill means: To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. Related words include flow or move. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Spill in practice.
Spill in a sentence
Related words
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.
Example sentences (20)
Other things being equal, you would need to spill 200 times more methanol than HFO to kill the same number of fish.
Shueisha's print manga have been targeted by leakers for years, and popular titles are always quick to spill first.
A training exercise is taking place in the to test how well prepared the UK is for dealing with a major oil spill.
I met this guy, Dune Lankard, who saved 140,000 acres of tribal territory in Alaska, after the Exxon Valdez spill.
Neither Darcey nor Georgi have confirmed that they got married, and we don’t expect them to spill the tea quite yet.
Recognizing the occasional spills that happen at workstations, Logitech has made the MK370 keyboard spill-proof.
Convincing the below-the-line talent to spill the tea required some finesse, but the directors had an inside advantage.
The current technology of barrier and skimming method in oil spill clean-up takes long and is quite expensive.
Also don’t be surprised if these battles spill over into the 2024 ‘First in the South’ GOP presidential primary election.
Officials with the Ohio EPA said that a spill from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, did reach the Ohio River.
Latorre claims he tried to buy a seat in the business class after the coffee spill but that crew members refused to let him.
People come with all sorts of baggage and while they may be well meaning, the effects of their issues often spill over on us.
Remulla recalled that during the Guimaras oil spill, it only took 21 days to cleanup the affected waters.
None of those villages currently has substantial spill response infrastructure, or a major harbor where ships could be docked.
Cape Girardeau Post Office is facing the effects of an acute, short-term emergency -- a mercury spill.
If someone could track Esme’s adoptive siblings down, they might be able to spill some shocking dirt.
Obviously keep it upright and don’t turn it downwards or you’re gonna spill the water yourself, haha.
Anwulika wondered why her father chose to allow the misunderstanding he had with his estranged wife to spill over to his children.
Keeping fishing communities afloat during the cleanup will be a test of cooperation, as will seeking accountability for the spill.
The DOT chief recently warned that tourist activities in the Mimaropa region would be affected if the oil spill remains unchecked.
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×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word spill. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.