How to Use spittle in a Sentence

spittle

noun
  • Spittle sprayed from his lips as he shouted at them.
  • Its eyes were milky, its tongue swollen and foamed with spittle.
    — Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Say it three more times to make sure and then wipe the spittle from the screen.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 10 May 2018
  • 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
  • Mawkish pulp her mouth had mumbled sweet and sour with spittle.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Tiny tufts of fur jet into my nose; flecks of spittle smear onto my cheeks.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The younger man screamed at the older man, causing spittle to hit his face.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 21 May 2020
  • Coughing, singing, talking, or even breathing sends spittle flying in a range of sizes.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
  • This surgical mask is my disguise and my means of shielding myself from covid spittle.
    — Cora Frazier, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The mesh is meant to let the wearer continue to breathe and see, while containing any spittle.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 5 Sep. 2020
  • 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 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
  • Some groups—including the WHO—draw a firm line with this spittle based on size.
    — National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Referees had their whistles retrofitted with bags to catch drops of spittle.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The rain is relentless—like the final dying spittle of the natural world.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 29 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
  • The younger Pearl does not stalk the sideline drenched in sweat, veins bulging from his neck and spittle flying at every questionable call.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Beaty gave it the whole shooting match and went crazy-Rick and began screaming in Butler’s face, spittle flying.
    — Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • These larger droplets—bits of spittle, essentially—tend to travel about 6 feet, carrying the virus with them.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 28 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • And microparticles of spittle should be whisked away at a pace that makes contracting a virus significantly less likely.
    — Craig Mod, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • One man stood over him, bending down, screaming unintelligibly, spittle flying, while a pregnant woman in another boat egged the man on.
    — Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2011
  • Even before the spittle was dry on the presidential lectern last night, political analysts were debating whether the next debates were worth having.
    — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2020

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