spittle
Example Sentences
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“Peacemaker” creator James Gunn is fully aware of the music’s association with stinky Spandex, spittle and sloppy beer drunks.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
Compared with Pacino’s outraged and outrageous Cohn, spraying a vulgarian’s spittle across Nichols’ magisterial “Angels,” Strong’s performance is a model of white-knuckle control, swaggering when Cohn exerts his power, wilting when he can’t.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024
Measles, which can be prevented by vaccination, is an airborne disease spread by the coughs, sneezes and spittle of those infected.
From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2023
At jazz band practice, the teacher, Eva Aneshansley, mindful of spittle, slides a trash can beside a trumpeter.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
He leaned forward so his spittle would hit the emissary’s chicken pie.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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