How to Use spittle in a Sentence

spittle

noun

• Spittle sprayed from his lips as he shouted at them.
• The more intense the moment, the more the spittle would fly.
  — cleveland, 19 Apr. 2020
• Say it three more times to make sure and then wipe the spittle from the screen.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 10 May 2018
• Its eyes were milky, its tongue swollen and foamed with spittle.
  — Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• The younger man screamed at the older man, causing spittle to hit his face.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 21 May 2020
• When there is no one to scapegoat or to scream spittle at, then what?
  — Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2018
• There was hardly a dollop of spittle left to lick when they were done.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 30 Jan. 2018
• Some groups—including the WHO—draw a firm line with this spittle based on size.
  — National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
• The biggest sort … had a very strong and swift motion, and shot through the water (or spittle) like a pike does through the water.
  — Robert Krulwich, National Geographic, 2 Aug. 2016
• Tiny tufts of fur jet into my nose; flecks of spittle smear onto my cheeks.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
• Mawkish pulp her mouth had mumbled sweet and sour with spittle.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
• Just like smearing pine tar or spittle all over a baseball,...
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2020
• The mesh is meant to let the wearer continue to breathe and see, while containing any spittle.
  — Jason Hanna, CNN, 5 Sep. 2020
• Just spittle and cigar ash all over the newspaper office.
  — Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 5 June 2021
• While waiting for an ambulance, McNeil spit again and the spittle landed on a deputy’s face and arm.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019
• One time, the spittle of a sneezing, sniffling guy somehow went through his mask and landed on my forehead.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• The rain is relentless—like the final dying spittle of the natural world.
  — Matt Miller, Esquire, 29 Sep. 2017
• Coughing, singing, talking, or even breathing sends spittle flying in a range of sizes.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
• Read this sentence aloud: With every passing word, an expanding blast of spittle spews from your mouth—the more emphatic the speech, the greater the spray.
  — National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
• Witness the traditional scrums between Coke and Pepsi, Cola -Wars with a twist of spittle on the side.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• The bullpen’s failure is more acute because the rotation is being held together with gauze and spittle.
  — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
• Wipe off the spittle that covers your laptop screen, or ignore the paint the students wear that rubs off on your clothes and absorb the occasional elbow to the melon.
  — Tom Noie, Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2020
• At jazz band practice, the teacher, Eva Aneshansley, mindful of spittle, slides a trash can beside a trumpeter.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• Referees had their whistles retrofitted with bags to catch drops of spittle.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2020
• Ms. Rashad descends into an aria of rage, regret, spittle, tears and snot, while wading in floodwater.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2016
• These larger droplets—bits of spittle, essentially—tend to travel about 6 feet, carrying the virus with them.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 28 Oct. 2020
• That’s why races often end with half the finishers prone on the ground, and why the closeups along the course often capture a slick of slowly freezing spittle dangling from gaping mouths.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
• Sprague said the cough, which sprayed spittle on her face, left her worried about her health and her family’s at a time when coronavirus tests were difficult to obtain.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2021
• Xylella is carried by infectious, meadow spittle bugs that feed on the trees’ xylem—tissue that supports the plant and conducts water.
  — Barbie Latza Nadeau, Scientific American, 24 June 2015
• Smith is a lifelong poet both on the stage — gray hair whipping, spittle flying, spouting decades of rock wisdom — and in moments of private contemplation on the page.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024