spitting
Example Sentences
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Some have questioned why those officiating the competition in Beijing last weekend did not intervene when the athlete soiled herself, given that Hyrox penalises acts including spitting and littering.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
I think, “No, I’m not spitting up perfectly good chicken” — and it was really good chicken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
It warrants no qualifiers, no deeper thought, because Boy George clearly didn’t think too hard about it himself before spitting it out into the world.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Instead of spitting at them, the students greeted the white-veiled nuns with a warm “Shabbat Shalom!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
We’re filthy, spitting out ash, wiping it from our eyes, noses.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
