Spills is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Spills in a sentence
Related words
Spills meaning
plural of spill
Using Spills
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of spill
- In the example corpus, spills often appears in combinations such as: oil spills, sewage spills, spills over.
Context around Spills
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spills
- In this selection, "spills" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sewage, oil, 305, last, happen and per stand out and add context to how "spills" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 351 accidental spills since 1974 and accidental oil spills happen frequently. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spills" sits close to words such as anglers, asbestos and bali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spills
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Eddie spills some Below Deck tea. (6 words)
Dame Joan Collins spills on shock diet advice! (8 words)
A small fraction of oil from those spills was recovered. (10 words)
If you’re feeling more energetic, head to Ingleton Falls, 30 minutes’ drive away, to hike the 41/2-mile trail past several waterfalls, including Thornton Force, which spills dramatically over a 14-metre-high cliff of limestone. (38 words)
The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation has researched 9,351 accidental spills since 1974. citation According to this study, most spills result from routine operations such as loading cargo, discharging cargo, and taking on fuel oil. (36 words)
The subject of sewage spills has become a hot topic of debate in the area with local activists and politicians arguing that there are too many spills in times of non-exceptional rainfall. (33 words)
How long will it take before Audra spills the beans on her sexcapade with Kyle? (15 words)
Dame Joan Collins spills on shock diet advice! (8 words)
Huntsville Women’s Soccer League continued their league play Monday, June 5 with what has become expected of this group, plenty of thrills, spills and determined action! (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
No other beach in Wales was surrounded by more sewage spills last year, though Rhyl beach saw a combined total of 305 spills that lasted 1,804 hours, according to Dŵr Cymru.
The subject of sewage spills has become a hot topic of debate in the area with local activists and politicians arguing that there are too many spills in times of non-exceptional rainfall.
It was also learnt that nine cases of oil spills were recorded in the week, mostly caused by vandalism, adding that Ogboinbiri in Bayelsa State has been ruined by oil spills.
Both the industry and government regulators felt so sure major spills were unlikely that they had not developed or enforced the most effective measures to prevent, contain or clean up such spills.
The sewerage spills are blamed on old and overstretched water and sanitation infrastructure and the lack of swift response to deal with spills.
Accidental oil spills happen frequently with an average of 10 spills per year.
The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation has researched 9,351 accidental spills since 1974. citation According to this study, most spills result from routine operations such as loading cargo, discharging cargo, and taking on fuel oil.
Another common way she assists the emergency response during a roadside emergency is by helping to control dangerous gasoline spills.
Another entry is nearly marked by de Koning but it spills as he falls tog round.
A small fraction of oil from those spills was recovered.
A team of international experts has launched an effort to transfer more than one million barrels of oil from an abandoned tanker before it spills off Yemen’s Red Sea coast.
A Thames Water spokesperson said: ‘There are a number of methodologies for defining and calculating why and how dry day spills occur.
But the investigation published on Tuesday says these three water companies collectively released sewage in dry spills for approximately 3,500 hours throughout 2022, in violation of their permits.
Dame Joan Collins spills on shock diet advice!
During the program, inspectors found three additional sewage spills across the city.
Earlier this year, the UK's water bodies forced water companies to pledge £10 billion to reduce sewage spills in Britain's seas and rivers.
Eddie spills some Below Deck tea.
How long will it take before Audra spills the beans on her sexcapade with Kyle?
Huntsville Women’s Soccer League continued their league play Monday, June 5 with what has become expected of this group, plenty of thrills, spills and determined action!
If you’re feeling more energetic, head to Ingleton Falls, 30 minutes’ drive away, to hike the 41/2-mile trail past several waterfalls, including Thornton Force, which spills dramatically over a 14-metre-high cliff of limestone.
Common combinations with spills
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- oil spills 27×
- sewage spills 15×
- spills over 12×
- spills and 11×
- spills out 11×
- spills in 10×
- the spills 10×
- of spills 9×
- spills that 8×
- spills the 8×