Example Sentences

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"When I reflect on that match I just think about how I couldn't breathe because I was coughing so much," said the 28-year-old.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Their child, a boy of perhaps 10 years old, was coughing heavily.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

And in cattle experiments, some cows were infected by breathing in virus-laden microscopic droplets — the sort of thing that could happen if an infected cow was coughing in close proximity to another.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024

He was coughing and congested during practice Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

He was coughing and spitting and he gasped.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck