How to Use spill out in a Sentence

spill out

phrasal verb

• There are two to a tamale to make sure the tamale dough doesn’t spill out.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
• The pumpkins spilled out of the back of the truck onto the road, blocking the exit.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• The breakfast nook spills out to the walled entry courtyard.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
• The hair spills out from underneath the hat and runs down as sideburns.
  — Gerard Albert, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
• In this case, the muscle that opens and closes the rectum remains open and the poop spills out.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• The room fills with cheers as the bottle is sloshed around, tequila spilling out of shot glasses.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
• But some of the concerns have spilled out in public comments.
  — Kim Barker, New York Times, 15 May 2024
• Tattoos spilling out from his T-shirt—a howling wolf, a bird.
  — Camille Bordas, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• This cheerful restaurant spills out on to the cobbled stones.
  — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024
• Adams warned last week that New Yorkers could soon see the crisis spilling out onto the streets.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2023
• The tables spill out of these restaurants, filled with locals.
  — Everett Potter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The din of TikTok videos spill out of a doorway topped with a single stone lintel that has to be 500 years old.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Apr. 2023
• The joy spilled out after waking up from the 5 1/2-hour surgery, when a breathing tube was removed.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
• The ball spilled out in a dangerous area, but Louisville was once again unable to finish.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• His dark curls spill out of the bottom of his helmet and sometimes poke like pigtails out of vents on top.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• Both attacks spurred wider fears that the conflict in Israel could spill out across the Middle East.
  — Kelly kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• This means no more cereal spilling out all over the counter when transferring from the box!
  — Laura (fisher) Matta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• Hot wax spilled out onto Gardner’s hands, the lawsuit states.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• Time folds and all my selves, one for each year, spill out like playing cards upon a small round table.
  — Claire-Louise Bennett, Harper's Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022
• In other caverns, the concrete filling the pillars has spilled out to coat the limestone ground.
  — Teresa De Miguel, Megan Janetsky, and Rodrigo Abd, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
• The container’s back doors were ajar, and boxes had spilled out onto the sidewalk.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• The highly danceable beat throughout the concert had people up in their seats and spilling out into the aisles.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
• Keep all those fillings from spilling out using a sandwich wrap paper of your choice and these tips.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2024
• By the time the sun went down, the room had filled, and the party was spilling out onto the colonnade, where people mingled underneath palm trees in the heavy air.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
• Soldiers would be admitted with guts spilling out and massive amounts of blood loss.
  — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
• The water then ran down to Mendenhall Lake and spilled out into the Mendenhall River, which rose nine feet in a matter of hours.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• Children play basketball in the gym, which spills out to turf sports fields busy with soccer matches.
  — Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• In high season, be prepared to wait for your mint chocolate chip; the crowd sometimes spills out onto Main Street.
  — Leigh Ann Henion, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
• On the ground level, patrol cars pulled up to the front of the building, sirens blasting – and dozens of officers spilled out of their cars running into the school.
  — Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
• Pumpkins planted on the edge of a garden bed will spill out into your lawn, providing a playful feel to your yard.
  — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024