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Words nearby spit up
spitting snake, spittle, spittlebug, spittle insect, spittoon, spit up, spitz, Spitzenburg, spiv, spivvy, splad
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How to use spit up in a sentence
On the 2d, his Fever was almost entirely gone, but he had still a Cough, and spit up a viscid Matter.
He frequently spit up mucus stained with dark coloured blood, his pulse very unequal and very weak, with cold hands and nose.
Zoonomia, Vol. I|Erasmus DarwinHe coughed and coughed till his face became quite purple, and at last he sank into a chair and began to spit up blood.
She|H. Rider HaggardThe first day it was without spitting, but about the seventh or eighth day much viscid phlegm was spit up.