phlegm

Example Sentences

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Spitting up black phlegm and shouting out strings of word-association gibberish, Ms. Buckley quickly becomes the centerpiece of the movie, or rather its central headache.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The four-humors theory—that illness came from imbalances in blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile—was “common sense” to them.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025

Hanna said: "She often produces flu-like symptoms with a runny nose and cough and often when the phlegm releases itself in a cough she feels nauseas and vomits."

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

The bacterium that causes tuberculosis glows yellow in this phlegm sample; in orange are possible immune cells from the lung.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

He didn’t look at her; he just spit out the words like phlegm into the night.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago