Example Sentences

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Battered, bruised and well beaten, Smith had coughed up a horrendous blooper for Sale's sixth try, failing to gather a routine backfield ball to allow a chasing Raffi Quirke to dot down.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

All that, however, would be washed away with that loose ball in the end zone, the second fumble Illinois had coughed up that close to the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

The woman who had coughed was close enough to hear, and she mumbled a few choice words beneath her yellow mask.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2020

Bell could not recall where B and Salmond were standing, but said he had coughed or cleared his throat before entering the room.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2020

I was crouched and still upon the floor; not moving except to heave my breaths, which gargled in the mess I had coughed into the mask.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson