How to Use cough up in a Sentence

cough up

verb

• Buehler then coughed up three runs in the second, an inning that Jake Bauers opened with a home run to right field.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
• But in the sixth, with his club up, 2-0, the righthander coughed up the lead.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• Triple-A call-ups have coughed up runs late the last two games.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
• Grab something on you and tells you to cough up and tells you to go about your business.
  — Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 29 Apr. 2023
• However, Cortes coughed up three more runs in the third.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
• The outlet said that the scan came after Krayzie Bone had been coughing up blood.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
• The outlet said the scan came after Krayzie Bone had been coughing up blood.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
• Their tiny lungs and muscles cannot muster the strength to cough up or sneeze out the mucus in their airways.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2022
• Max fans who don’t relish the idea of coughing up $9.99 per month more to access the Warner Bros.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
• The Celtics coughed up double-digit leads in all three losses.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• The worm's larvae then burst out of the lungs, get coughed up by the rat, and are swallowed and eventually pooped out.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2023
• And then Alexandra coughs up blood and keels over, dead within seconds.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
• During that stretch, Charleston coughed up 3 turnovers and didn’t score for more than three minutes.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• Then, because Blood couldn’t cough up Cheese’s name, the king orders the deaths of all the ratcatchers in the city; all are strung up outside the castle.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 June 2024
• Murray combined with Derrick White to cough up nine of the Spurs’ 14 turnovers, which the Warriors turned into 19 points.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2022
• The Panthers, meanwhile, allowed four goals on 20 chances to the Bolts and scored just three goals on 13 chances on the power play while coughing up a shorty.
  — Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
• Police said the mother was able to pull her daughter from the water as the 3-year-old yelled for help and was coughing up water.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
• So Proche picked a terrible time to cough up the ball on a punt return at the Ravens’ 14-yard line, the type of mishap that will remain lodged in Harbaugh’s craw.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
• The artists call themselves The Social License Watchdogs and said the companies have 21 days to cough up the cash, and have the option of payment plan.
  — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2024
• The goal is to get the freeloaders to become new paying customers, but not everyone is willing to cough up the cash.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• Barbara woke up at her Lawrence home Sept. 28 and coughed up a little bit of blood, said her daughter Kami Spear.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2023
• Zeus later overthrew his Titan father, forced him to cough up all his siblings, and took over his reign of the Gods.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 16 Apr. 2022
• Yet one of her first reactions after the all-clear sounded was to cough up money for the war effort.
  — John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2022
• What are the symptoms of active TB? Symptoms include a bad cough that lasts three or more weeks, pain in the chest and coughing up blood or phlegm.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
• Price is available upon request, but be ready to cough up for this beauty.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 May 2022
• Officers were able to intercept and give the child CPR until the 2 year old coughed up the water and began to breathe again on their own.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
• Symptoms include a bad cough that lasts three weeks or longer, chest pain, or coughing up blood or phlegm, according to the CDC.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 May 2023
• The Rockets cough up the ball 17.6 times per game, and a similar pattern emerged in a return to the Toyota Center on Monday.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 15 Nov. 2022
• The problems arose from the Golden Grizzlies' 1-3-1 defense, which forced the Spartans to cough up their offensive rhythm.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2020
• The Bulls kept coughing up losses and choking in close games, struggling to string together more than two wins.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024