expectorate

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Recent Examples of expectorate For expectorating adults looking down, a guard may block big droplets but work less well for shorter persons, like children. San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024 Of course, there’s never been any such game where players young and old didn’t expectorate freely. Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 8 May 2020 When Andrei blasts Matvey with a shotgun, blowing apart one of his sofa cushions, which in turn expectorates a bunch of American dollars, those deeper motives becomes obvious. Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020 Place used clothing in hampers; blow your nose in a tissue; clear your throat and expectorate to remove mucus, which may contain particles inhaled in a lab; place glasses in the decontaminating solution for three minutes; take a full-body shower. Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorate
Verb
  • The day of the invasion had been thick with heat, the kind that made the air above the sidewalk kebab spits ripple with diesel smoke.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • So that time in the dugout, that time pregame, spitting seeds, the conversations that take place postgame, those are so crucial.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces.
    Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gently tilting the pelvis stretches tight lower back muscles, while exhaling engages your deep core muscles to stabilize your spine.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Texas can exhale, at least for now.
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Expectorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorate. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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