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  • A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view. Very Little Drops Dead
  • The pouring of pure water scented with jasmine oil washes away worries.
  • Hand, Schryhart, Arneel, and Merrill, weighted with this inpouring flood of stock, which they had to take at two-twenty, hurried to their favorite banks, hypothecating vast quantities at one-fifty and over, and using the money so obtained to take care of the additional shares which they were compelled to buy. The Titan
  • A gob of crimson pouring from his lips, he spat it out, wiping the excess with the back of his hand.
  • As for the national outpouring of ersatz grief, reminiscent of the scenes that followed the death of Princess Diana, it surely spoke not of feeling but of an egotistical inability to feel, compensated for by outward show.
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  • And then, in the pouring rain, a half-dozen supporters stood around waiting for the media to show up.
  • The letters began pouring in, giving me a broader picture of this phenomenon.
  • It is with narrow-minded people as with narrow-necked bottle; the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring out. 
  • It might have been her outpouring of love and grief, it might have been her courage in driving away the wild animals, the length of her lonely vigil on the mountain, or a combination of these.
  • The speaker had, finally, demonstrated the synthesis of hippuric acid and sulphate of phenol in the excided kidney as a function of its cells, by adding to the blood pouring through the kidney, in the first place, benzoic acid and glycol; in the second place, phenol and sulphate of soda. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887
  • Villagers then filtered out the sediment by pouring the water through tightly woven cloth.
  • One night I was pouring my own drinks behind the upstairs bar.
  • Knowest thou where he abideth, or if he doth attend the outpouring of the word hereabout? Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)
  • She sat facing the space between the conversers pouring tea for them when their cups were empty.
  • They told me that people were pouring out of their homes to rejoice at the news. The Sun
  • For that, they can thank modest human efforts to save their habitat, plus months of pouring rain.
  • Drogo, ever the clever Dothraki punster, says that he'll give Viserys "a golden crown that men shall tremble to behold" and then coronates the would-be king by pouring molten gold over his head. Game of Thrones Postmortem: Harry Lloyd on Viserys' Golden Crown
  • Biophilia, it's there in all of us, needing only a small excuse to come pouring out. Times, Sunday Times
  • Genevieve was aware only of the diatribe; she knew a flood of abuse was pouring from the lips of the Jewess, but she was too stunned to hear the details of the abuse. Chapter 2
  • We got caught in it anyway being too high up when it drifted towards us - dense pouring cloud - filling in every clough and gulley between us and the hills over the valley.
  • You can hear those guys from miles away and that's why there is such an outpouring of people.
  • Winds became gales and a thunderstorm suddenly appeared out of nowhere pouring sheets of raindrops.
  • Originally, he may have been pouring a libation from a patera, as is common in similar sacrifice scenes belonging to this iconographic topos.
  • Here, we gleefully slosh about in communal pools of thick brown gloop, pouring it over ourselves with plastic pails and savouring the eucalyptus-like aroma, before washing it off under hot jets of salty spring water.
  • The remarkable fact about this inpouring of wealth is its extraordinary suddenness.
  • The weather there can be a bit unpredictable - one minute it's blue skies and the next minute it's pouring down.
  • A car comes rattling down the street, thick smoke pouring out the back, every door a different colour of blistered paint.
  • She finished pouring the goat's milk into the containers, rinsed out the bucket and stored the milk into the refrigerator.
  • Only pouring rain will stop me lighting a grill and cooking my kebabs in the open air, and it would probably take a hailstorm to prevent me from having breakfast in the garden.
  • You can work most of the magic the day before, prepping the ingredients and assembling the dish, alternating bread, vegetables or meat and cheese "strata" is Latin for "layers" before pouring in the milk and eggs that will mortar it all together. Chicagotribune.com - News
  • I knew that the biotechnology industry had been pouring money into opposing the initiative with slick advertisements and tricky sound bites.
  • Tributes have been pouring in from all over the world for the famous actor who died yesterday.
  • It's pouring down outside - I'm absolutely saturated!
  • We should have figured something was amiss when, after getting back on the highway, the coolant started again pouring from the heater onto the floor, but faster than I could soak it up. Broken Down Blues…
  • Walking back to the Lokosphinx, we watch Army conscripts in greatcoats and fur-flapped caps breaking the ice with bludgeons and pouring hot water on the snow.
  • It is a great sight, with ant-like streams pouring across long pontoons over the river's shallow sandy banks to innumerable craft moored midstream.
  • How could she stay indoors, when the glistening sunshine was pouring down and all the mountains seemed to glow? Heidi
  • Water was pouring out of the release gates on the dam.
  • Coconut milk or cream is a thick sweet liquid produced by pouring boiling water over grated coconut, leaving it to cool, and squeezing the liquid from the pulp through a straining cloth.
  • The most recent outpourings have suggested that his marriage is failing, a claim the couple refute. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said that it had been pouring with rain, there were thunder storms, and the tents designed for desert use were leaking and soaking wet through.
  • Taxi drivers as therapists may seem perverse, but more and more of us seem to be pouring our hearts out in the back of cabs.
  • What was it that had awakened her — what in awakening had changed the inpouring human consciousness into this flood of fury? The Metal Monster
  • Pouring out a remarkably viscous mixture of irrelevance and self-gratulatory dimestore rhetoric, the racist National Post blogger "Raphael Alexander" (not his real name) takes a poke at me for my remarks about Michael Coren yesterday. Archive 2009-04-01
  • He was just pouring himself another cup of coffee when there was a timid knock on the door.
  • I got a hint from my mom in Japan to steam the frozen unagi in foil with sake in a frying pan for a bit 10 minish, then finish with pouring scolding hot water and close up the foil, to wash away the excess grease. Tuna Toast
  • My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns in the country, theaters, concerts.
  • The New River, a formerly dry barranca now pouring Colorado River water into the Salton Sea, soon became unfordable by conventional means. Colossus
  • Don't remind him of the cause of his anger—that would be pouring oil on flames.
  • Much of this outpouring to inform and educate or miseducate the public may well have been illegal under McCain-Feingold if we were closer to November 2012. We Are All Citizens United
  • Or, Pouring Ketchup On An Over-cooked Campaign, or Ketchup Money to Help Campaign Catch Up, or some sort of bad pun involving Ketchup, money and catch up bonus points if you can also work "kvetch" into the pun*:Unlike Dean and Bush, Kerry said he will put his own money into the campaign, becoming the first Democrat in at least 20 years to do so. November 2003 ~ Angry Bear
  • At the stove, someone is lifting pancakes from the skillet, placing them in the warmer, and pouring in fresh batter which distributes itself into spherical shapes.
  • This contains a veritable outpouring of medieval art; frescoes cover most of the interior walls and porch.
  • People huzzahed pouring into the streets at the news that the war had ended.
  • The enormous outpouring of love, kindness, caring, generosity and courage was amazing to behold.
  • The sun was pouring down, with hardly a breath of wind.
  • Every morning is like pouring water over myself until my soul is cleansed of sin.
  • Walking three miles in the pouring rain is not my idea of fun.
  • In 2003, Dutch agriculturalist Marc de Ruiter saw dairy farmers in windswept Shanxi province literally pouring their milk down the drain because there was not enough demand.
  • Juice was sitting on the two-seater sofa and Sarah took her place next to him, pouring them each a drink.
  • What Spitzer observed was a sort of perpetual crystalline rainstorm made of a bright green mineral of a class called olivine, pouring down on the infant star. TIME.com: Top Stories
  • So, you've put down your deposit on your speakeasy and you're ready to start pouring the hooch, right?
  • I told her in so many words that all this friendship of yours is nothing but a mutual pouring forth of sloppiness.
  • One reveller was already pouring bubble bath into a huge hot tub so he and his partner could frolic in the suds.
  • It can also react badly to emotional strain and mild shock conditions following accidents, or trauma following heavy outpouring of adrenalin and a lot of excitement. Muscle Management
  • But a funny thing happened this week: in our final fling for the year, the props came pouring in from all over, and suddenly, this whole enterprise doesn't seem quite so otiose.
  • Facts pouring out as if it was a race to the finish. Times, Sunday Times
  • In a small ovenproof dish layer the sliced vegetables and apple, pouring the sauce between each layer. Times, Sunday Times
  • Smoke, indeed, was pouring out of the dining room, and the gong was bombilating.
  • Fortunately, I was on a high by now, and energy was pouring out of me.
  • He mystified us all by pouring his drink out of the window.
  • Drain off any excess marinade and use it as a base for a pouring sauce.
  • “I'll settle for a handjob,” Finnegan said, pouring him his sixth Smirnoff on the rocks. Someplace Else
  • Drain off any excess marinade and use it as a base for a pouring sauce.
  • I dislike with intensity days like today, it was dull, overcast and intermittently pouring with rain and my mood was only marginally better.
  • I spent yesterday afternoon go-karting on an outdoor circuit in the pouring rain. The Sun
  • But she will make no formal announcement and is instead pouring her heart out in the recording studio as she continues work on her new album. The Sun
  • What is always so striking in the face of sheer evil is the outpouring of human kindness. The Sun
  • Tributes have been pouring in from all over the world for the famous actor who died yesterday.
  • The genre was known for its urbane disinclination to perform any icky operations involving hearts: pouring them out, for instance, or affixing them to sleeves.
  • We gather in cenacles as the apostles gathered with our Lady in the Upper Room in Jerusalem awaiting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
  • Judaism and paganism both practiced the pouring of sacrificial libations of both blood and wine.
  • It is very doubtful whether, to an untried or a young man, the warnings of Solomon, or the outpourings of that griefful prophet whose name now passes for a lamentation, have done much good. Brave Men and Women
  • Then the news started pouring in: four bombed trains, dozens of casualties, hundreds of injured.
  • The day's activities began with religious ceremonies in the morning and the pouring of the water.
  • Most of the galas, processions and other festivities had been held in pouring rain.
  • After staring at them for ten minutes, he finally started to speak, pouring his heart out.
  • The engineers kept pouring on gasoline until the remains sank down. Times, Sunday Times
  • With no hydraulic fluid, they landed their 55 passengers safely by pouring all the lemonade on board into the jet's hydraulic system.
  • Crystal streams and waterfalls are pouring down the hillsides to lose themselves in one of Connemara's many bays, and we have a glimpse of osmunda fern, golden green and beautiful. Penelope's Irish Experiences
  • To create and criticize at the same time is like watering and pouring weed killer onto seedlings at the same time.
  • Heartfelt tributes have been pouring in following the death of horse rider Fiona Gale who suffered from a debilitating form of asthma.
  • The attachment of the lower edge of the roofing sheets is reinforced at the level of the eaves purlin, which lays on the top of the verandah posts 'at the end of the ring-beam, by 6 mm diameter rods laid during the pouring of the ring-beam concrete which are then bent round the eaves purlin. Chapter 7
  • The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. George Orwell 
  • Helen yells at him and slams the door, but then there is a thunderclap and the sound of pouring rain.
  • Love the outpouring of concern for the dog. The Sun
  • Associated with these intrusions were outpourings of andesitic and more acidic lavas and fine ashes.
  • All of God's creation, animate and inanimate, reflected God's generosity toward his creatures and evoked an outpouring of praise and thanks.
  • The climb down the ladder was quite ‘interesting’ due to the cascade of water pouring over your head and down your back!
  • The sweat was pouring off her.
  • How could she stay indoors, when the glistening sunshine was pouring down and all the mountains seemed to glow? Heidi
  • Shield volcanoes tend to erupt non-explosively, mainly pouring out huge volumes of fluid lava.
  • Locals also called firefighters after seeing smoke pouring from their home. The Sun
  • The happy couple received the traditional pouring of holy water by family, friends and many well-wishers.
  • He was pouring ice and lemonade into tall glasses.
  • Whenever one of us would pour a thimbleful into his cup, the other two would jealously measure the outpouring with their eyes.
  • Fuel companies and research institutes are pouring millions into the search for biofuels. Times, Sunday Times
  • The sun was pouring into the courtyard and his brawny arms glistened with sweat.
  • You have to try this, he said, pouring me a taste of the Scottish Hendrick's Gin from a cute, dark, stumpy little bottle I had actually been admiring, purely from a visual perspective, earlier.
  • The gale rose again after sunrise, and when, after doing sixty miles in fourteen hours, we reached the heads of Hakodate Harbour, it was blowing and pouring like a bad day in Argyllshire, the spin-drift was driving over the bay, the Yezo mountains loomed darkly and loftily through rain and mist, and wind and thunder, and Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
  • Joe and I were pulling into Vancouver having driven down the sunshine coast in pouring rain (hmmmmm) and alighted from the ferry. Archive 2006-10-01
  • But he said there was no immediate need to increase the $350 million commitment because the most urgent task was coordinating all the aid that was pouring in, the vast majority still unspent.
  • The rain was pouring in, and we had some friends with us who had brought some seafood.
  • People were still pouring out of the surrounding districts on to the alameda to see history as it unfolded. The Dreaming Void
  • I will never fully recover from the loss, but your outpouring of kindness and understanding has made her death that much more bearable.
  • A cheaper option is Muji's ice-ball maker, which consists of two conjoining silicone semi-spherical halves, with a hole at the top for pouring in water $12, muji.us . With Ice, Size Matters
  • On the particular occasion that he went to the roof, he had been warned by the first floor tenant that water was pouring in the roof hatch.
  • It was pouring down while they did The Box, driving, insistent, intense rain, just like the song.
  • Those are the ones I saw my great-uncle Carl grow, pouring water from a washtub into the soil around the melons and watching the stalks suck it up like a vacuum cleaner.
  • My canal-side atelier is filled with the sights and sounds of tall-masted old sailboats and put-putting tugboats outside and that ochreous Dutch sunlight pouring in during the afternoon. Susan Fogwell: An American Sculptor in Holland
  • Producing the Oscars requires pouring your entire life into one night, only to have the fruit of your labor completely crapped upon by the media (including sites like ours). Oscars Producer Gives a Ceremony Post-Mortem | /Film
  • Mold conditions, pouring rate, and other process variables being equal, the fluidity of commercial gray irons depends primarily on the amount of superheat above the freezing temperature (liquidus).
  • However, it seems unlikely that the mare basins could each have been filled in one outpouring.
  • Casting is a process by which a liquid or molten material is shaped by pouring into a mould that contains the negative impression of a desired model.
  • The Sinthuvaniks and the Malhotras perform the ‘Kruat Nam’ or pouring of the lustral water to make merit for their departed.
  • I took a leaf (or bag) from my pantry and filled the flavour gap with the subtly nutty Kamut flour I found there, as well as pouring in the dregs from a carton of almond milk in my fridge. Simply Sensational
  • It is a great sight, with ant-like streams pouring across long pontoons over the river's shallow sandy banks to innumerable craft moored midstream.
  • Satine was sitting at the kitchen table, pouring maple syrup on her waffles.
  • He loosed off a couple of shots down the corridor, the kitchen staff were pouring out into the street outside.
  • Mix all the ingredients to form a thick batter of pouring consistency.
  • But she will make no formal announcement and is instead pouring her heart out in the recording studio as she continues work on her new album. The Sun
  • The following day in Wales there was an overwhelming outpouring of feeling. Times, Sunday Times
  • Here she was shut up in her bedroom, which was stuffy from the afternoon sun that had been pouring into it, instead of out in the cool garden, and all because of Mr. Briggs. The Enchanted April
  • From the left side of the column the entire forest opened up in fire and smoke, six pound cannons pouring grapeshot into the Loyalist ranks.
  • Rohan Merry, who was driving the car, said he heard his friend yell in pain and turned to his side to see blood pouring from Andrew's head.
  • It should have a consistency only a little thicker than pouring double cream. Times, Sunday Times
  • Anyway, there was a spatter of water just pouring off this lip.
  • I nosed into the shadow and turned on my searchlight and the cone of brightness showed me nothing but the dreariness of pea-sized rubble and the flats of rock dust and little boiling areas where the dust, electrified by the inpouring solar radiation, hopped and jumped and skipped like a frying pan of fleas. The Trouble With Tycho
  • So there I was, mopping up the utility room and drying it off with paper kitchen towels, running around every room with a plughole or toilet pouring bleach down it, and opening every window in sight to get some air in.
  • Advocates, critics, and dispassionate observers alike have been responsible for a massive outpouring of work on the subject.
  • Give the bottle a couple of shakes before pouring the juice.
  • Jacques stayed to help serve the soup and boeuf bourguignonne, and went around pouring the wine. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • An old blanket factory, where conditions were no doubt hot, noisy and itchy, will now be home to empty-nesters pouring into downtown from the burbs.
  • There was a broken gutter on the roof which was pouring down a waterfall.
  • His mates cheered him off at the unearthly hour of 4 a.m. in the pouring rain from a bar that has asked to remain anonymous in the interests of good taste.
  • Upon being asked, he insisted that pouring the milk after the tea avoided any scalding of the milk. Times, Sunday Times
  • Anyone caught typing it will find me pouring organic babyfood into their hard drive. Times, Sunday Times
  • Episcopalians and Methodists, and fools and fiddlers, and Papists and pie-bakers, and doctors and drugsters; by the shop-folk, that sell trash and trumpery at three prices — and so up got the bonny new Well, and down fell the honest auld town of Saint Ronan’s, where blithe decent folk had been heartsome eneugh for mony a day before ony o’ them were born, or ony sic vapouring fancies kittled in their cracked brains.” Saint Ronan's Well
  • The compulsion to write - to fill up a blank page as an assertion of identity and ego - often produced volumes of personal jottings: page upon page of astounding outpouring and emotional release.
  • There I was, falling through the air, blood pouring from my temple, coming to rest on the snow.
  • He found the huge outpouring of love humbling. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘He tore off one of my diamond earrings so it ripped my ear and blood was pouring down my neck,’ she said.
  • You have an incredible alacrity in summing up statistical resonance and pouring it into the simplest graphical display. No nuts, please.
  • Wear your boots and take an umbrella; it's pouring out.
  • The sweat is pouring off. This describes profuse sweating.
  • I hunted with a buddy this past fall in pouring rain, less than 30 degree temps and 30+ mph winds. How to survive.
  • MI5 is pouring resources into Northern Ireland as security officials admitted a significant gap in their knowledge of the personnel and capabilities of the dissident republican groups. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is with narrow-minded people as with narrow-necked bottle; the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring out. 
  • She makes a dish she concocted by pouring soup on chicken thighs.
  • Dot-com fever and a robust economy had money pouring into the museum from longtime benefactors and new supporters alike.
  • During the past 250 million years, there have been 29 massive lava outpourings around the world, called large igneous provinces (LIPs).
  • Way at the front end of the house red light came pouring through the tunnel and showed the lake burnished and menacing.
  • Why did it take so long to put on a ‘lug’ lip for drip-free pouring, make a screw-on lid, or attach a simple handle?
  • As always, some of those who do not share a love of the beautiful game have questioned the massive outpouring of grief.
  • It would be a peach of a punchline if I could tell you that it is pouring with rain in ‘Royal Berkshire’, but it's a sunny, peaceful, kinda day.
  • I was on the edge of my seat, listening and watching with gaping mouth as Kennedy was playing, stamping his feet, waving his bow, sweat pouring down the back of his bright orange t-shirt.
  • A massive outpouring of charity had made this reconstruction possible.
  • Strain the vanilla-flavoured milk over the egg and stir to mix before pouring back into the pan. Times, Sunday Times
  • Trevor had a mental picture of it pouring out of his gut virtually unchanged, like rainwater from a broken downpipe. PROSPECT HILL
  • A lifeguard, followed by Adair, came running to help laying Azara's limp body on the soft white sand and started the pouring oxygen back into her lungs and resuscitating her.
  • That kind of plooping sound the water makes pouring into the bowl is due in part to a process called cavitation (the making of a cavity), where air bubbles created by changes in pressure in the water oscillate and explode, creating teeny shock waves. Cocktail Party Physics
  • What followed was over 80,000 cubic meters of peat and water pouring down in a lava-like flow from the mountain point of Dunne's Rock.
  • an inpouring of spiritual comfort
  • The engineers kept pouring on gasoline until the remains sank down. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is with narrow-minded people as with narrow-necked bottle; the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring out. 
  • I need to sort some stuff out in my sewing room (no work for three days, but lots of new stuff coming in and being dumped on the table - ack!) and I need to do laundry and a bunch of other stuff before the kids finish school at 1.30 today for the summer (well, Alex finished yesterday, but as he's really tired and it's pouring rain, I think a day of vegging in front of the telly is in order). Archive 2007-07-01
  • Dressed, we walked down to the office where the old man was already pouring a drink.
  • It's essentially a semiliquid fudge for pouring and spreading over everything. Times, Sunday Times
  • We can forgive Maxine's snoring and smelly feet, but pouring good beer down the sink?
  • Framing this problem in terms of a romantic comedy, however, will keep the issues carefully contained, thus preventing any undue outpourings of grief or rage.
  • She was smiling to herself, and pouring coffee into a cup.
  • Blood was pouring out, and he knew that it was a mortal blow.
  • Black water is pouring out of taps in private houses and residents fear that their health may be put at risk.
  • No year has quite offered such an opportunity for a mass outpouring of national pride than the one on which we have just embarked. The Sun
  • Waitresses were running with platters and plates and drinks, one was making another pot of coffee, another was pouring coffee up and down the line.
  • By the end of the match, the sweat was pouring off him.
  • The red gleam is pouring down on me, trickling through my skin into my body, filling my insides with airy red rain.
  • At first, I was sick of fulling up buckets and pouring the water into the sink.
  • With that, I opened up the flask with my mouth and began pouring cold liquid on my injured hand.
  • Do you prebake your grandma's pie crust before pouring in the filling? Uncle Richard's sweet potato pie | Homesick Texan
  • Mr. Lundgaard spent evenings hunched over his espresso machine, studying exemplars on YouTube and rehearsing his "wiggle," the back and forth motion of the hand pouring milk. Foam Sweet Foam: 'Latte Art'
  • By this time a French “75” — a gun captured by the Turks from the Serbians in the Balkan war — was pouring her shell at the rate of about one in ten seconds to the neck. Archive 2009-03-01
  • Just decant the wine by pouring it into a clean jug or decanter.
  • Bring to the boil then simmer gently for five minutes before carefully pouring it over the beef shin. Times, Sunday Times
  • He mystified us all by pouring his drink out of the window.
  • Nonetheless, when the strings were together, we were treated to a wonderful tremolo in the cellos, beginning as a mere susurrus, then pouring forth into a majestic sound.
  • Yet its very banality is also somehow appropriate - for this war will be won or lost not in some grand showdown but in a trillion tiny everyday encounters, like those of commuters pouring off a suburban train. The madrid agenda
  • The rain wasn't pouring down, nor was it sprinkling, it was a nice little shower.
  • These included white and red floc lightly fortified, chilled aperitifs, some unidentified red liqueur derived from cognac, red and white table wines, and a dessert-accompanying concoction made by pouring an unaged, 40-percent-alcohol Armagnac into a saucepan, dumping in a handful of sugar cubes and setting the liquid ablaze until the alcohol burned off, which took about 15 minutes. The Foie Gras Wars
  • Smoke seemed to be pouring off the hills, as the winds of mid-May carried the plumes of smoke downward in undulating sheets, in the general direction of the airport. Excerpt: Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder

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