Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorated
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One moment there’s a dual-headed hydra spitting flame in the city river, next there’s an all-out jet ski race bathed in gunfire.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025 -
If that didn’t prevent the irritation, the protists used their cilia to spit water at the pipette.—
Claire L. Evans,
Quanta Magazine,
30 July 2025
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Oklahoma State expelled Hill, and the NFL banned him from its scouting combine.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
Verb
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The pigs were safely loaded, watered and fed while on the island.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
18 Dec. 2024
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Keep Plant Leaves Dry Houseplants can be watered using overhead watering or bottom watering.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Dec. 2024
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The union maintained that the clause no longer applied because the contract had expired.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2025
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In September 2028, when all current syndication deals with stations will have expired, a new arrangement would allow for same day televising and streaming episodes.—
Brad Adgate,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Expectorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorated. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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