spit up
Example Sentences
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State TV aired infomercials showing animated characters advising people to see doctors if they have breathing problems, spit up blood or faint.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2022
When they did eat, they gagged or spit up the food immediately afterward.
From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2021
A 2014 randomized controlled trial found that babies who were burped after feeding didn’t have fewer episodes of intense crying, and they spit up twice as often as those who skipped the burping routine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
This was 2003 and the doctor looked at my father as if he'd just spit up a hairball.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2020
Instead, she spit up some milk on Dad’s shoulder.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
