- spill
- 01. I accidentally [spilled] coffee all over my wife's new blouse.02. My daughter had a nasty [spill] on her bicycle, and scratched up her arms and face.03. Be careful you don't [spill] the wine on the rug; it'll stain.04. Thirty-three thousand tons of oil [spilled] into the waters off Alaska after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in March, 1989.05. An oil [spill] is a catastrophe for marine life unless it is cleaned up immediately.06. Hundreds of people volunteered to clean up beaches, and save wildlife after the oil [spill] off the coast.07. The contents of the box of crystal wine glasses [spilled] out over the floor, shattering into little pieces.08. Hundreds of excited, happy children [spilled] out of the school when the bell rang to signal the beginning of summer vacation.09. The blood of thousands of innocent people is [spilled] every time a government chooses to go to war.10. Someone [spilled] the news to the secretaries that they were going to lose their jobs due to cost-cutting measures, and now they are really upset.11. There is a Malawian proverb which says that fear to let fall a drop will always make you [spill] a lot.12. An old proverb reminds us, "Don't cry over [spilt] milk."13. In Samoa, it is customary to [spill] a few drops before drinking kava, the national beverage.14. She ruined her new dress when she accidentally [spilt] nail polish on it.15. My little brother [spilled] the news to my parents that I dented the car, and my dad freaked out.16. Haiti's past is bathed in the blood [spilled] in its fight for freedom and democracy.17. International observers worry that the violence that has plagued Colombia for the last 40 years may eventually [spill] over its borders into neighboring countries.18. Rock band The Grateful Dead sang, "What good is [spilling] blood? It will not grow a thing."
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.