spue
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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 "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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 Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
They tried to spue out their bits and covered them with foam, as if rebellious, yet submitted to the will of the riders.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
Puritans spue forth the venome of your dull inuentions.
From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund
So he threatens,—"I will spue thee out of my mouth," as a man's stomach loathes that which is nauseating.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David
Then the estuary spued back the water; life in the city became normal, but damage was done to the extent of millions of dollars.
From Time Magazine Archive
What sea conceived and spued thee from its foamy crest?
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
When, finally, the River spued out a frightened and bedraggled dog, we drew a breath of very genuine relief, for Deuce was dear to us through much association.
From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward
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 Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
He vomited them forth incessantly for well-nigh seven days, and at length with them spued out his wretched soul.
From St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh by Lawlor, Hugh Jackson
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