From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutpouringout‧pour‧ing /ˈaʊtpɔːrɪŋ/ noun [countable] 1 STRONG FEELING OR BELIEFan expression of strong feelingsoutpouring of an outpouring of grief2 LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa lot of something that is produced suddenlyoutpouring of an outpouring of creative energy
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outpouring• Despite an outpouring of editorials and television programmes, he is under virtually no pressure to change his mind on that decision.• The constant outpourings of devotion from the Soviet people reached him through the media.• He started with the romantic composers, but shed them one by one as their emotional outpourings became too oppressive.• She needed more than a non-committal grunt in answer to her outpourings.• It is possible that twelfth-century laymen regarded his outpourings with an indulgent smile.• It is easy to dismiss them as the strategic outpourings of a new recruit trying to impress the party machine.• We're too busy listening to the outpourings of others.outpouring of• Her death provoked an outpouring of sadness and sympathy.• There was an enormous outpouring of "protest literature" in the 60s and 70s. 