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Examples of spittle in a Sentence
Spittle sprayed from his lips as he shouted at them.
unaware that spittle was leaking out of his mouth while he slept
Recent Examples on the Web
The mayor nodded and smiled, but also flinched, as though struck by spittle.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Filling the air with spittle as plentiful as the Allied bombs raining down along the English Channel.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
So your favorite scenes then had to be the ones that hurt — the ones that restored the show’s natural order, one in which the smiles and laughter of the Meal Fit for a King scene curdled like, well, a Meal Fit for a King spiked with Shiv’s spittle.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
Seated in the front row, close enough to catch some of Miller’s sweat and spittle, was SEC commissioner Greg Sankey.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 11 Mar. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English spetil, from Old English spǣtl; akin to Old English spittan to spit
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of spittle was
before the 12th century
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Cite this Entry
“Spittle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spittle. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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