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
Manufactured in 1904, it is a flask for tuberculosis patients to wear at the hip, so they could spit up infectious phlegm with relative discretion.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
I ran to the sink beside one of the refrigerators and began to spit up what was in my mouth, but the food wouldn't come fast enough.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
