spitting

Example Sentences

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There’s one climactic moment involving spitting when the staging undermines the action.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Tasting the coffee properly requires slurping it with gusto, hence the music to mask the sounds of dozens of people slurping and spitting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Thomson described how her mother refused to drink, despite desperate efforts from her family to hydrate her with a syringe, and was spitting out her saliva every five to 10 seconds until she died.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

“Alex Pretti’s stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE Officer,” he wrote.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

When one was not spitting out food, another was tugging at her skirt, while the third screamed for his car, which had rolled underneath the sofa.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord