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squirt - use in sentences
Object
- ink: In the case of an inkjet printer, this is the part that squirts ink, in strips, onto the page.
- jet: One notably agile Luggage has a secret weapon: it squirts derisive jets of water at opponents from its keyhole.
- liquid: The bus driver was squirting some green liquid at what looked like a ghost, it was hurrying off the bus.
- water: They can move rapidly through the water by jet propulsion, squirting water out of the large body cavity.
- blood: The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
- oil: Squirt some oil in the spark plug holes a couple of times and after a day try to rotate the engine by hand.
Converse of object
- add: Add a generous squirt of any old washing up liquid ( i.e. hand dishwashing liquid ) to the paint.
Adjective modifier
- quick: This makes washing easy, a recently valeted car can be cleaned with little more than a quick squirt with a hose pipe.
- little: Vintage: 2001 Food Choice: Lovely served with plaice or Dover sole with a little squirt of lemon.
- few: A few repeated squirts of water from a good water pistol in the face puts off most dogs.
- good: Gardner pocket rockets were used with a good squirt of Monster Tiger Nut liquid on each cast.
Modifies a noun
- gun: I threw him out, using a squirt gun to reinforce his ejection.
- bottle: Apply with a squirt bottle forcefully under the surface of the water.
- water: Cool Steel Visitors squirt water onto a hot plate to observe some very dramatic effects.
Modifying Another Word
- then: He then squirts Harmison past point for a couple.
- directly: Gas products can be squirted directly into the back of the throat which makes it difficult to control the dose.
- just: Using them is simple: just squirt the colors onto the included clear plastic overlay to trace a design.
Noun used with modifier
- sea: Covered in sea squirts, with lots of squat lobsters.
Preposition: of
- water: A few repeated squirts of water from a good water pistol in the face puts off most dogs.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Then walk over to the water that's squirting up and hold " A " - you will gradually regain your energy.
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