expectorate
verb (used without object)
to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
expectorated
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past participleof expectorate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof expectorate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
expectorateverb (used without object)to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
Example Sentences
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Others freely hissed, booed, cheered, stamped, applauded, threw things, ate, talked and expectorated their way through performances.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021
No one wanted to follow him after he expectorated barbs.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2016
The smells of raw horsepower, burned rubber and expectorated snuff are cooked by a wicked sun.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1871, when the last Prussian troops marched out of Paris, crowds of bourgeois housewives expectorated lustily.
From Time Magazine Archive
The patient had been so ill that the effort was considerable, but the evacuation was greatly helped by having her lean out of bed whenever material was to be expectorated.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
