expectoration
AmericanEtymology
Origin of expectoration
First recorded in 1665–75; expectorate + -ion
Example Sentences
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In these times of COVID, social distancing and carefully guarded personal expectoration, this sort of spit-sharing is unthinkable.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022
Going further, Sumner even mocked his opponent for “the loose expectoration of his speech,” alluding to a facial condition that caused Butler to lose saliva when he spoke.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
“Oh, you’re gonna spit on us now?” said an angry protester, looking up into what did appear to be a hail of expectoration.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2016
Geronte’s death appears nearer with every revolting expectoration and race to purge his heaving bowels.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2014
For the last six or seven years he suffered from asthmatic fits almost nightly and a troublesome cough with a good deal of frothy expectoration.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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