spue
Americannoun
verb
Other Word Forms
- spuer noun
Example Sentences
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“I cannot vouch for that till Mason is out of England: nor even then. To live, for me, Jane, is to stand on a crater-crust which may crack and spue fire any day.”
From Literature
They tried to spue out their bits and covered them with foam, as if rebellious, yet submitted to the will of the riders.
From Project Gutenberg
Now I believe in what The Spectator stands for, and I admire its creed enormously, but the expression of its opinions makes me spue.
From Project Gutenberg
The carrying away of the covenant-people into exile had been actually prophesied by the fact, that the land had spued out its former inhabitants on account of their sins.
From Project Gutenberg
He vomited them forth incessantly for well-nigh seven days, and at length with them spued out his wretched soul.
From Project Gutenberg
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