How To Use Spill In A Sentence

The conflict threatens to spill over into neighbouring regions.
The students come to handicuffs over it; they spill the wine, and it turns into flame. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'
Their passing was sloppy, possession was given away too easily and balls were either spilled or over carried in promising attacks.
Ariela glanced at Bull, to check if it was all right with him to spill information.
Nevertheless, CNN has talked to a "language analyst" who gets paid to "[analyze and catalogue] trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture," and they report that Obama was too "professorial," and now America is at grave risk of not passing its midterm exams on the oil spill. Obama Oil Spill Speech Criticized By CNN's Language Analyst For Not Being Moronic Enough [UPDATE]

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Angry Reader has a point about "spill," and while I can see Joel's point about it being what people call it, I respectfully suggest that it's that logic which got us to the point where we called chaining people to walls, beating them, freezing them, blasting music and noise at them at decibel levels high enough to inflict pain, electrifying their genitals, humiliating them and then drowning them repeatedly "enhanced interrogation techniques. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
A choked sob caught in her throat, and she brought a hand up to her mouth as her eyes filled with tears that spilled over onto her reddened cheeks.
Eventually he would come up, sit down, then carefully roll himself a fat, untidy cigarette, spilling some tobacco in the process.
Why do people spill their life stories over the internet? The Sun
There was dark hair spilling over her shoulder, a soft voice whispering endearments in her ear.
His hair spilled in curls over his forehead.
They cheer as they spill out of their cars, scrambling up the wrought-iron gate and backflipping into the yard like an invading army. THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE
You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love. As long as you keep your hand curly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to possess it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love. They try to posses it, they demand, they expect and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you.
` ` Weel, sirs, I am laith to enter into deadly fued with you by spilling ony of your bluid, though Earnscliff hasna stopped to shed mine The Black Dwarf
They crowded around me and watched me expectantly, as if I would spill my darkest, most revealing secrets.
Once primarily limited to intergang violence, the bloodshed of the city’s drug trade began spilling onto the streets of the border city in July 1997, when, at the age of forty-two, Amado Carrillo Fuentes died during a botched cosmetic surgery procedure in Mexico City, supposedly designed to change his appearance to evade law enforcement. THE DAUGHTERS OF JUÁREZ
Carelessly, she dumped her lunch out, its contents spilling all across the floor.
The contents of her backpack spilled out, many items breaking with a resounding crash as a result.
There is no official record of how many spills are caused each year by bad weather. Times, Sunday Times
He had almost finished this particular cow and the bucket was full almost to the brim, in fact some of the deep froth (the sign of a good milker) was almost but not quite spilling over.
At about two years old, his three-foot girth spills out onto the flagstone path, causing visitors to pause on the way to the arbour.
A little bit of water had spilled onto the tile floor around the tub.
The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
Spillers pet foods had a resilient first half despite the continuing pressure on pet food margins.
I helped myself to breakfast, doing my best not to spill too many cornflakes and cleaned up afterwards, crawling under the table to chase stray flakes.
Raw milk proponents take cause to capitols, courtrooms as public health officials warn of risk risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the country as proponents of unpasteurized PAU kisan melas to be held in March Dr M S Gill, Director of Extension University, said the university is creating awareness about the need to WN.com - Articles related to Report Claims Flowers Lose Aroma Due To Climate Change
The terms of Halliburton's contract with BP indemnifies the Houston company from liability for spill damages, unless it is found to have been grossly negligent, Weiss and Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Scott Burk said. Halliburton: BP Contract Offers Gulf Oil Spill Liability Protection, Analysts Say
Though he is sworn to secrecy, Larry, stricken with guilt over offending a friend, spills the beans.
The girls were blindfolded and turned around three times; then they had to hit the shoe until it broke and the goodies spilled out.
Instead, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said a faulty cinder box had meant red hot cinders were spilling out on to the bone dry trackside.
Last week's chemical accident in Hungary, when about 184 million gallons of caustic sludge and water burst from a storage pool of a metals plant inundating three western Hungarian towns and spilling into the Danube, is yet another reminder that accidents happen at chemical facilities. Elizabeth Hitchcock: In The Public Interest : How Many Reminders Do We Need Before We Act to Reduce Chemical Accident Risk?
Then we spilled out into the corridor, babbling incoherently and the experience that none of us would ever forget came to an end.
His fiery temper was liable to overspill. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike other high-profile cases, the oil spill litigation is not being tried before a jury. Times, Sunday Times
I could hardly keep up it, and spilling bottles in all directions.
D1 is drawn to include these private benefits plus the additional spillover benefits accruing to society at large.
Spillover would ensure that political elites marched inexorably towards the promotion of integration.
The text emphasizes that agricultural management strategies and techniques influence other ecosystems, and that this interaction has spillover effects on the entire landscape, in fact, the planet.
They say it's bad luck to spill salt.
But they have to beware of spilling secrets in front of their old comrades.
Not all of the violence in Miami was spillover from the trial.
The chiffon shirred strapless bodice curved naturally into her body, and the satin skirt spilled over the floor.
Government chiefs are worried that the refugee problem might spill over from neighboring countries.
It is subject to grease and grime from the hands, occasional coffee spills, cigarette ash, dead flies and sandwich crumbs.
The Abanaki Model 8 belt skimmer may be part of an emergency oil spill system, in which wastewater flows though a coalescer tank, is skimmed, and then passes though filters. Business Wire Travel News
Two pewter mugs banged down in front of us, spilling liquid.
LeClanché batteries, while in point of convenience and economy, resulting from their small size and non-breakable, non-spillable features and low cost, they leave no room for comparison. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
Although the dam held, it sustained damage to its concrete core and spillway.
Deficit – An excuse to do anything really out of order, eg: "Yes, I did spill red wine on your new white carpet, but what you must remember is that Labour left that carpet with a deficit of red wine; my spillage was the only responsible course of action. The buzz words of 2010 explained
Hardwood trees stretched out of sight towards the distant sky; five-fingered orchids crawled up their trunks, and huge ferns spilled over their roots across the mossy path.
But only if it isn't found grossly negligent for the gulf oil spill, which could double posttax oil-spill-related costs from the $28 billion estimate. BP's Long Road Back
These exposures are usually the result of accidents, spills, or equipment failure.
There was a rocking chair that sat next to a fireplace, which held a medium sized cooking cauldron that was spilling ashes onto the burgundy hearthrug.
Over the course of multiple research missions conducted in the last three months, scientists have employed and tested many techniques to better understand the extent of this unprecedented oil spill and have found fluorometric sampling to be useful to help identify the location and concentration of subsurface oil. NOAA News Releases
They are now able to refuse to disclose spill data on many of their sewer overflow pipes. Times, Sunday Times
A senior penguin aquarist at the time of the oil spill, she had been working with penguins for twelve years. The Great Penguin Rescue
He might stall his car at the lights or spill pasta sauce on his shirt. Times, Sunday Times
During all three years of our study, locally high densities of fall cankerworm depleted the preferred resource, box elder, and then ‘spilled over’ onto the less-preferred host, cottonwood.
A small hand reached from behind him, ripping his belly open, spilling out his guts.
The spillover from the adjacent river flooded the lower fields.
It is deeply regrettable that both before and since those two spills occurred, much more oil has been spilt due to illegality. Times, Sunday Times
With spills and mishandling, masses of these tiny beads end up in the sea. Times, Sunday Times
Last year, he was photographed on holiday with chubby cheeks and a paunch spilling over his belt. Times, Sunday Times
Hanging planters also make a good home for anything that will trail and spill over, such as ivies and creeping phlox, especially if the planter is hanging above eye level.
Mills designed the boat for a small sprit-rigged sail which tends to spill wind, minimizing capsizes.
Keep the pot level, or you'll spill the coffee.
We are now witnessing a spillover of the war into neighboring regions.
The dairymaid heard the noise, got the churn between her knees, and tumbled over it, spilling all the cream; and yet she jumped up, and gave chase to Tom. The Water Babies
These include retirement areas, over spill towns, industrial centres, commuting dormitories and traditional market centres.
the oil spill is contained
Josh had an accident and spilled water all over his work.
clean up the spills
Rat-watchers in Alaska worry that shipborne rodents could stamp out 4 million birds-10 times the number slicked to death in the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Fear, Fur And Four Feet
This barge is a floating hotel, or "flotel," set up by BP and several subcontractors to accommodate more than 500 workers hired to clean up the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Home
This was part of a half-yearly exercise to assess the level of preparedness of the agencies concerned in meeting an oil spill.
Fire crews dealt with the blaze before attending to a diesel spillage at Narberth Bridge and making the road safe after an accident involving two cars at Robeston Wathen.
Come off it, Rosie, spill the beans.
Population has continued to increase, since much of northern Cheshire has become an overspill or dormitory area for nearby Lancashire urban centres.
Lebanese environmental groups said that bluefin tuna - a significant commercial species in the region that has already suffered from overfishing - are also being threatened by the spill.
The room is so crammed that people are all along the back and spilling into the hallway. Times, Sunday Times
Tam had managed to spill beer across the counter and most of it had gone over Morag Paterson.
That sparked a free-for-all in the centre circle which spilled over as both players headed for the tunnel. The Sun
The occupants enjoyed an expansive, unconfined space, spilling beyond the room's boundaries.
Across the street, half a dozen guys spilled out of a yuppie bar, two of them mouthing off at each other, the others watching. NEW YORK DEAD
She bit into the charred marshmallow, spilling hot liquid marshmallow down her chin.
The talks between the two leaders look likely to spill over into the weekend.
The good news is that the pupils will probably spill the beans. Times, Sunday Times
That the BP oil spill may be twice as bad as earlier estimates was hard news to hear but no surprise to Christian Delos Reyes, a 39-year-old oyster dredger. Former EPA Chief On Gulf Oil Spill: 'It's Going To Blow The Record Books Up'
MORE than 60 gallons of radioactive liquid has spilled from a nuclear submarine into a river. The Sun
Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters.
The oil spill has fouled at least four beaches.
He is persuaded to stay on to keep a criminal mastermind alive long enough to spill the beans. Times, Sunday Times
Don't jog me, or you'll make me spill something!
The tears spilled over and started to run down her cheeks.
My memories of biology are still not pleasant (when we were dissecting squids, one of the kids in class spilled the bag of dead squid, and the whole hall smelled of fish and formaldehyde for two weeks), but I did avoid passing out or being sick. On Kindness « Tales from the Reading Room
She was wound up, jumbled inside like a spilled jigsaw puzzle.
On our winter visit, we could imagine spilling outside our lounge in the summer for evening drinks beside the water gardens.
But one catch about autocross is that the thrills and spills associated with other forms of racing are likely to be absent, for this sport is more on testing the rider's skill.
And if there really is an overspill, countless off-campus possibilities present themselves. Times, Sunday Times
Norris Green was one of the first overspill areas built after the war.
The good news is that the pupils will probably spill the beans. Times, Sunday Times
We should view the Prestige oil spill not as a fluke or one-time accident.
Not uncommonly there is no bed because of overspill from the medical wards on to the surgical wards, as in winter bed crises, and the operation is postponed for weeks or months.
This dose would elicit maximal insulin response with minimal glucose spillage to urine.
The authorities must take the blame for this for turning a blind eye to the town being used as a dumping ground for overspill areas, so we now have anti-social behaviour on a scale that many inner city areas never even see.
The spillcam, which BP made public only after the White House intervened, was the visual through-line of a media drama that fascinated and frightened the country for an entire summer, and enveloped many of us in its gravitational-like pull. Sean Smith: Ink Spill: Inside the Battle to Shape the News Coverage of Last Year's Oil Gusher
She can tell this is just harassment, and she lets him spill his speech.
The jet device can measure the erosion potential of a soil in vegetated channels, road embankments, dams, spillways, and construction sites.
Construction is expected to start on the first part of the dam wall, which is the foundation for the second spillway, by the end of May.
Blackberry and sweet oak flavours spill onto the palate giving this wine a plump satiny texture.
Scientists think it unlikely that any species will actually become extinct as a consequence of the oil spill.
I get lost among the cornucopias of chotkies and tat, and am somehow spilled back out to the main Jemaa El F'na Square, where one charmeurs de serpent pulls me under his black umbrella and wags his head at his Egyptian Cobra actually, Naja haje legionis, a sub-species found in southern Morocco as his associate blows his bagpipe-like melody in his ghaita. Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh?
From here, millions of years ago, volcanic eruptions spilled lava over the land.
Then will spill out to other film festivals?
Of course Obama could not have pre-mobilized before the spill had he done so immediately no engineer on the planet believed what BP was saying, plus there *should* have at least been an inspector *immediately* dispatched to verify, but they should have had resources going out withing 14 days. Pigs fly, and the Times chides Obama on the oil spill
Light clusters, clear, deep, on the face of the radio gear ... fans up softly off the dial of the pelorus ... spills out portholes onto the white river. Gravity's Rainbow
Tent camps sprang up around the city to take the spillover from hotels.
A seno nudo, sorridente in slip e tacchi the spillo con una cintura nera che le stringe la vita, Sharon Stone dichiara in prima pagina: "ho cinquant'anni e allora?". Archive 2009-11-01
The monster stumbled back as purple ooze started to spill out of its metallic form.
The body spilled from the spire, sinking into the sand below.
The montage of icons does cohere into a sort of meta-icon perhaps, of dogs that are (for me) short-haired, middling-sized, with dark-brown fur; but this is … a sort of cubist collage of perspectives that spills out beyond its casual frame, each dog a Cerberus with three heads superimposed one over the other, snub-nosed and long-snouted, ears pricked and flattened, slavering and not slavering. Archive 2009-07-01
And the broken stones of the Gothic ruin, in the freshness and rawness of their ruin, seemed to be bleeding out human aspiration, spilling it footlessly upon the dead earth. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
At their apogee, the novels of Spillane claimed worldwide sales of over 180 million.
On August 5 a boat collided with the oil tanker causing more than 85 tons of oil to spill into the river and coastal wetlands.
The cup's rim was smudged with red lipstick, and some tea had spilled into the saucer.
The milk is spilled.
She plucked a spill of burning cardboard off the plate, and putting the reefer to her lips, lit it. EVERVILLE
Stucco housing developments spill into the desert, fuelled by the influx of waitresses, shop clerks, card-dealers and construction workers.
Don't pour too much;it might spill over.
He goes through the mechanics of putting in the milk concentrate powder like an automaton, taking insane amounts of care not to spill a single drop of the powder from the bottles.
That is, attendance at university makes you smarter, and thus has spillover effects that are good.
The worst-case scenario is that his ship will founder and spill its load of heavy fuel into the ocean.
Her books spilled out of her arms and onto the warm ground.
At the museum, the sprawling exhibition claimed large parts of two floors and spilled into the permanent collection elsewhere in the building.
It's black ooze spilled over her hand and it's body fell to the floor.
But it did so only after Europe's own versions of the Valdez spill.
It overspilled them and spread across the sky in flaggy streams which came together and formed a growing blotch of darkness. The Waste Lands
She is superstitious about spilling salt on the table.
I let the coins spill into my palm and tossed a handful of them at the open safe.
It remains to be seen if the buoyancy of the eurozone's core spills over to the periphery, or whether the periphery drags the core down. Times, Sunday Times
It caused the world's largest oil spill. Times, Sunday Times
Notebooks filled margin to margin with my tiny scrawl spill out-of the desk drawers.
But in the end the ship got stuck on the river bank and started spilling its cargo of timber overboard.
Students spilled out of the classroom, some of them looking at me oddly.
He poured clumsily, spilling a good amount of claret as the carriage bumped along.
BP has repeatedly promised to pay all "legitimate claims" for loss and damage as a result of the Gulf oil spill, now vying for the title fourth biggest oil spill in history at 2.3 million barrels of crude over the past two months. Libertarian Blog Place
They are now able to refuse to disclose spill data on many of their sewer overflow pipes. Times, Sunday Times
Many seabirds died as a result of the oil spill.
Shara's hand shook as she picked up a cup of coffee, spilling the now-cold liquid on the article she had just concluded.
He has drawn particular attention to the amount of organic waste once generated by the seabird colonies - mainly guano, but also lost eggs, dead birds, spilled food, and molted feathers.
If you have the chance to spill your problems out to a therapist it can be a very liberating experience.
Millions of small oil spills, primarily from ships cleaning their bilges, go unreported and undetected each year.
He poured clumsily, spilling a good amount of claret as the carriage bumped along.
The Government will not do anything until the senseless violence spills over into white suburbia. Times, Sunday Times
Projects include dams, spillway and diversion channels, intakes, and distribution systems.
As development expands from onshore to offshore sites, potential for oil spills and disturbance in the marine environment will increase.
The gritty, industrialized city that grew up around the mines spilled down the Hill onto the flats below, denuding the immediate surroundings through its processes of extraction and production.
Once Tribble returned the kickoff to the BC 37 for the final play, the Wolfpack sideline spilled onto the field in exuberant celebration. USATODAY.com - College Football - Boston College vs. N.C. State
THE man behind the war logs leak is a homeless rebel devoted to spilling highly sensitive, confidential documents for the world to see. The Sun
As the crowd spill into the street, there isn't a smile to be seen. Times, Sunday Times
Clean up any grease, diesel fuel, hydraulic and lubricating oil accumulation and spillage immediately.
Kumquats from her mother's garden in LA spill out. Times, Sunday Times
The execution chair was designed with splatter guards to capture spilled blood.
Radiant Ashley Olsen lounged calmly on a couch, Foxy Brown spilled out of her bandeau top, SNL's Kenan Thompson took up a banquette, and Naomi Campbell drifted across the dance floor.
One of the model's key assumptions was that bluefin like to spawn in waters full of organisms called zooplankton — waters that satellite data suggest were hit particularly hard by the spill. Tuna Fight Muddies Waters Over Damage From BP Spill
I accidentally spilled my drink all over him.
Her hands fell limply into her lap and the drawing pad slipped to the floor, sheets of paper spilling out around her feet.
Don't fill your glass too full or you'll spill it.
In a sign of a gradual relaxation of social restrictions, some Iranian women wear long trousers and knee-length tight robes, and allow part of their hair to spill out from under colorful scarves.
Exxon subsequently withdrew guilty pleas to four misdemeanour charges relating to the spill, thereby formally dissolving the out of court settlement.
Aspens and cottonwoods turn from green to gold, meadows are dotted with milkweed pods spilling their silvery strands, and a peaceful splendor invites you to relax.
The Icelandic krona 's freeze in the capital markets had now spilled over into the day-to-day transactions of Icelanders abroad.
He appeared to have it covered until a late bobble saw him spill the first effort and clutch the loose ball ahead of the in-rushing Fraser.
Many seabirds died as a result of the oil spill.
Electric burners usually burn off food spilled on them.
No royal blood flowed through his veins, and none of his unroyal blood had been spilled in battle since early in the last war.
The light spills on to the darkened street and the warmth reddens my cheeks in seconds.
He left by the back door after spilling the beans on the pervasive bung culture that he said was infecting the game. Times, Sunday Times
With a twist she disembowels it, its rancid intestines spilling out onto the floor, and yanks her sword back out of its belly. Session 1: Every New Beginning « Love | Peace | Ohana
In the opening quarter they spilled ball after ball, kicked away possession and missed a succession of scoring chances, as they seemed to have the big day jitters.
While the issue of legal responsibility is still to be determined a to where the legal responsibility lies between the rig operator or BP, BP is not caviling and says it is prepared to do whatever it takes to stop the underwater gusher and clean up the spill. Raymond J. Learsy: A Tale of Two Companies -- Goldman Sachs and BP
At least 12 birds, mostly chicks and dabchicks, living on the dam and its surrounds have died from the poisoning effects of the oil spill.
No sooner had I recovered from the psychological trauma of last week's mantid attack than my pure blood was spilled again in broad daylight. Scientist attacked by bloodthirsty tiger!
He boiled tea for the customers in an enormous, pitted stainless-steel kettle, watching with furious concentration as the water seethed, overspilled, and sizzled into the gas flame. THE WHITE TIGER
Don't pour too much;it might spill over.
The incoming leader, who takes over Friday as CEO of a company struggling with the aftermath of a record oil spill, is ousting entrenched leaders, restructuring the organization and reassessing how employees earn their pay. Rating BP's management shakeup
Some 50 packages of the highly toxic fumigant magnesium phosphide washed up in April after a spill near the Poor Knights Islands.
Miguel wanted to trust Firebug; he came close to letting everything spill out.
Across the sand dunes an amphibious assault vehicle spilled a huge bundle of plastic piping called a fascine into a trench to form a temporary bridge, Within seconds Marine M-60 tanks roared past the breach and through a cleared "enemy" minefield. The Eve Of Destruction
The spill in my hand was beginning to sputter, but-I noticed that the cloverleaf aperture was now glowing pinkly.
I could feel tears pricking the corners of my eyes, threatening to spill out again.
Created as one of the postwar new towns, it was first populated as an east London overspill.
Their musty old home had been transformed into a cauldron of competing energies, which then spilled over into their lives. Times, Sunday Times
Knowledge spillover in clusters is realized through personnel transfer, enterprises evolution, informal communication, etc.
THE man behind the war logs leak is a homeless rebel devoted to spilling highly sensitive, confidential documents for the world to see. The Sun
Here colonists spilled their blood fighting side-by-side with the Redcoats to protect and expand the British empire.
At first he appears unassuming and on occasion bumbling yet his disarming manner, like that of Louis Theroux, is one that seems to entice his interviewee into spilling the beans.
At once, she was spilling out every detail of her accident.
When you permit these legitimate concerns to spill over into your work performance, your career often suffers.
The evolution toward more resealable and recloseable packages that protect products from everything from spillage to spoilage is primarily driven by consumer demand.

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