phlegm
Example Sentences
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In my distilling processes, I frequently precipitated the phlegma of our earthball--its polar deserts, its Russian forests, its icebergs--and from the sediments extracted a beautiful by-earth, a small satellite.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
Take away the recipient, And rectify your menstrue from the phlegma.
From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben
He closed his eyes, and in a weak voice added, with that phlegma which only a Hungarian displays on his deathbed: "But if you wait a bit, I'll ask him."
From St. Peter's Umbrella by Mikszáth, Kálmán
Vocabulary lists containing phlegm
The Silent Treatment: Words Plagued by Silent Letters
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"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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