spittle

Example Sentences

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Cicadas, winged buggy noisemakers whose relatives include leaf-hoppers and spittle bugs, come in two varieties: the annual cicadas who, sure enough, appear every year and the periodical cicadas, who appear in 13-year and 17-year cycles.

From Salon • May 16, 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

The spittle of a sneezing, sniffling guy somehow went through his mask and landed on my forehead.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 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