phlegmy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of phlegmy
Example Sentences
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His once sonorous voice, capable of issuing booming blasts of indignation, has grown somewhat quieter and more phlegmy.
From Salon
Sometimes plain and phlegmy, sometimes blood red from chewing tobacco-laced betel nut or paan, it decorates simple walls and mighty edifices alike.
From BBC
The surgeon on the New York flight later developed a high fever and phlegmy cough and was rushed to a local hospital the next morning.
From Fox News
The day after the flight, he was rushed by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with a high fever and phlegmy cough.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, the joy dissipates when the danger you feel originates not with the villain wreaking havoc on the stage but the guy with the sweaty brow and phlegmy cough two seats down.
From Washington Post
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