cough

Example Sentences

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“Every dollar unlawfully taken must be refunded immediately — with interest. Cough up!”

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

"Every dollar unlawfully taken must be refunded immediately — with interest. Cough up!"

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Cough medicines can't treat the underlying virus but they can soothe your throat and reduce the tickly sensations that make you cough.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

They were mostly young Black and brown kids wearing some combination of Chiefin Heavily, That’s An Awful Lot of Cough Syrup and earlier runs of Drakeo merch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

The Symptoms are heightened almost every Night, during which the Cough is more exasperated, and the Spitting or Expectoration in less Quantity.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)