phlegm
Example Sentences
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She hocks back phlegm on a couple of occasions and violently rubs her tired eyes between questions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
"It affects everyone because these toxins and heavy metals enter the body directly," he told AFP, describing "burning eyes, phlegm, and nasal inflammation."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Spitting up black phlegm and shouting out strings of word-association gibberish, Ms. Buckley quickly becomes the centerpiece of the movie, or rather its central headache.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
This can come from secondary infections like bronchitis, which inflame the airways, or the extra build-up of phlegm in your nose and sinuses.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
When, on a day after a trip to collect coal, I cough once, loudly, through bronchial tubes already packed tight with phlegm, my mother frowns.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing phlegm
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