Spilling is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Spilling in a sentence
Related words
Spilling meaning
- The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
- The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
Using Spilling
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles. | The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
- In the example corpus, spilling often appears in combinations such as: spilling over, spilling out, spilling the.
Context around Spilling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spilling
- In this selection, "spilling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, train, issues, departees, vital, information and soy stand out and add context to how "spilling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a train spilling vital grain and and always spilling over. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spilling" sits close to words such as aristocracy, aroma and attendants, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spilling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a local resident explained: “This gully is deeply located and always spilling over. (14 words)
Nine cars jumped the tracks, spilling soy beans and paraffin wax and blocking traffic. (14 words)
Spilling grease on a gas range can cause a grease fire, while induction stovetops are safer to clean. (18 words)
As an example, she says setting boundaries, working fewer hours, or refusing to engage in ‘stressful work shenanigans’ can be ways to reduce anxieties about your job and therefore help tackle the work issues spilling over into your dreams. (39 words)
But the traffic pattern finally settled on a giant queue that would run like a long snake through the front of the commercial storefronts, marching past the car repair shop before spilling out at the Loaf ‘N Jug. (38 words)
Everyone waited politely single-file on the platform, and the fast bus pulled up, departees spilling out, our line jostling to get in. Yes, in that classic “Como México, no hay dos” fashion, things were a bit anarchic. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
An explosive device planted under the railway tracks south of the capital has derailed a train, spilling vital grain supplies and forcing the shut down of rail services across the peninsula, it has been reported.
As a local resident explained: “This gully is deeply located and always spilling over.
As an example, she says setting boundaries, working fewer hours, or refusing to engage in ‘stressful work shenanigans’ can be ways to reduce anxieties about your job and therefore help tackle the work issues spilling over into your dreams.
But the traffic pattern finally settled on a giant queue that would run like a long snake through the front of the commercial storefronts, marching past the car repair shop before spilling out at the Loaf ‘N Jug.
Everyone waited politely single-file on the platform, and the fast bus pulled up, departees spilling out, our line jostling to get in. Yes, in that classic “Como México, no hay dos” fashion, things were a bit anarchic.
From the story of Cheezken, Cebu’s first assorted baked cheesecakes, as told by Keenosis; to Pats Pinote spilling the secrets on making content go viral on TikTok.
Grade six student, Norah Hurd says the kindness virtue is spilling over in the school from the little kindness card that they designed.
In that month, spilling over to Sept. 1, the Mets have two trips that involve stops on the West Coast and last at least nine games.
Jag got named as the replacement at the POV meeting and if anything, it was a sign for him to wake up, stop talking and start spilling information to weaken the games of others.
Luckily, I am surrounded by caring friends and family who are compassionate and understand the complexity of what is happening in Israel and Gaza but online there is hatred that is sadly spilling on to our streets.
Mere mention of “judicial reform”, through which the coalition endeavors to undo progressive judicial overreach, is enough to send protestors spilling into the streets of Tel Aviv and onto the pages of mainstream and social media.
Millie Mackintosh is spilling the beans on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship on the Mumlemmas & More with Millie & Charlie podcast.
More information on the incident has emerged in the years since, with Ferdinand spilling the tea during his show with former teammate Nemanja Vidic earlier this year.
Mr Peskov said the conflict risked “spilling over” into other regions and stated Moscow has engaged in diplomatic efforts, despite limited progress.
Nine cars jumped the tracks, spilling soy beans and paraffin wax and blocking traffic.
So it’s hardly a surprise to see the drama spilling off the fields, courts and mats and into docuseries and documentaries, focusing not just on the games people play but the people who play them.
Spilling grease on a gas range can cause a grease fire, while induction stovetops are safer to clean.
Taking regular breaks, creating boundaries to stop work spilling into our personal lives, getting exercise and having other interests outside of work are important to reduce stress.
Tech stocks were the ones hurt the most but the selloff was broad and is now spilling over to European stocks today.
Thames, Wessex and Southern Water were said to have engaged in 'dry spilling' - the banned practice of discharging sewage into rivers and seas on days when it is not raining - for some 3,500 hours in 2022.
Common combinations with spilling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: