expectorated

past tense of expectorate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorated
Verb
  • As employees attempted to restrain Perry, the woman could be seen spitting at the victim.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025
  • Footage of a violent outburst aboard a Southwest Airlines flight shows a woman spitting, screaming, and yanking another passenger's hair as shocked travelers look on.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Oklahoma State expelled Hill, and the NFL banned him from its scouting combine.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
Verb
  • The pigs were safely loaded, watered and fed while on the island.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Keep Plant Leaves Dry Houseplants can be watered using overhead watering or bottom watering.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The union maintained that the clause no longer applied because the contract had expired.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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