expectorated

past tense of expectorate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorated
Verb
  • Instead, the meats are cooked on spits off-site and loaded onto the truck.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The direct-to-consumer business model is fairly straightforward: A consumer orders a genetic test kit online, spits into a tube that comes in the mail, returns it to the company and accesses their results in an online portal.
    Kayte Spector-Bagdady, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Oklahoma State expelled Hill, and the NFL banned him from its scouting combine.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2016
  • The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
Verb
  • The pigs were safely loaded, watered and fed while on the island.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Keep Plant Leaves Dry Houseplants can be watered using overhead watering or bottom watering.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The union maintained that the clause no longer applied because the contract had expired.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • In September 2028, when all current syndication deals with stations will have expired, a new arrangement would allow for same day televising and streaming episodes.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Expectorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorated. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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