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flow from something
to run out from something. The blood flowed from the wound on his hand and stained his shirt. The oil flowed from the cracked engine and made a mess on the floor.
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No one, looking at his white hands, with their swollen veins and long fingers, so softly stroking the edges of the white paper that lay before him, and at the air of weariness with which his head drooped on one side, would have suspected that in a few minutes a torrent of words would flow from his lips that would arouse a fearful storm, set the members shouting and attacking one another, and force the president to call for order.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
it was beautiful, never before nor since have I seen such beauty, for there was this about the loveliness of my daughter, the Lily: it seemed to flow from within--yes, as light will flow through the thin rind of a gourd, and in that she differed from the other women of our people, who, when they are fair are fair with the flesh alone.
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
It gave me the best assurance that I might rely with the utmost confi- dence on the results which, he said, would flow from teaching me to read.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
 
 
 
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