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
X-rays show grainy masses in their chests, and they regularly spit up black phlegm, symptoms of pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as black lung disease.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020
Pathetically, with the creak of a tired motor, the fountain began to spit up champagne.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
