On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Spitting. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as spit or expectoration and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Spitting meaning
- expectoration
- An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.
Synonyms of Spitting
Using Spitting
- The main meaning on this page is: expectoration | An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.
- Useful related words include: spit, expectoration, expulsion, projection.
- In the example corpus, spitting often appears in combinations such as: spitting on, spitting image, the spitting.
Context around Spitting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spitting
- In this selection, "spitting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, avoid, fremen, started, image, sand and distance stand out and add context to how "spitting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2018 for spitting on a and also avoid spitting in private. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spitting" sits close to words such as adored, afterlife and approves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spitting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also, avoid spitting in private or public places. (8 words)
He swivels from to the right teleprompter, spitting out angry phrases and jumbled words. (14 words)
One of Israel's chief rabbis insisted spitting had nothing to do with Jewish law. (15 words)
She said she was surprised when some staff came to her area after 10 p.m. looking for the restraint kit to limit Hassan’s movement because he was spitting, trying to bite people and smearing feces on himself and around him. (42 words)
But through the stock market’s first quarterly loss of 2023, the sector stood out, with oil prices within spitting distance of the $100-a-barrel threshold and some of the companies being the biggest winners of the July-September period. (41 words)
A man who had been previously found guilty of assault in 2018 for spitting on a Basalt police officer had his conviction overturned by the Colorado Court of Appeals and will face a new trial in Pitkin County District Court. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Weinman told the reporter in a Facebook message that she was spitting sand out of her mouth after being knocked to the ground, not spitting at the officers.
Also, avoid spitting in private or public places.
A major source of culture shock involved the Fremen spitting on the ground when meeting people, which Duke Leto Atreides took as an insult.
A man who had been previously found guilty of assault in 2018 for spitting on a Basalt police officer had his conviction overturned by the Colorado Court of Appeals and will face a new trial in Pitkin County District Court.
And Lane chewing up ham and spitting it in the faces of reptilian puppets is an oddity that cannot be unseen.
Another Microsoft AI chatbot got demoted due to racist slurs it started spitting out after a few days of public usage.
But Hall denied spitting on the complainant, claiming instead that he confronted her about neglecting their children.
But through the stock market’s first quarterly loss of 2023, the sector stood out, with oil prices within spitting distance of the $100-a-barrel threshold and some of the companies being the biggest winners of the July-September period.
Farrell was convicted on one charge of assaulting the child by grabbing hold of them, spitting on them, throwing a cup and chair at them, dragging them by the hair and striking them on the head.
George, ten, looked the spitting image of his father in a smart suit, while Louis, five, wore a navy button-up jacket, narrow-legged trousers and blue suede Chelsea boots.
Greeks believe that by spitting on someone (“Ftou, ftou, ftou”) you ward away evil spirits and bad energy (including the evil eye).
He admitted that on July 9 last year at Dunfermline bus station, Queen Anne Street, he assaulted a woman by spitting on her face.
He also admitted two counts of repeatedly spitting at police officers as they tried to arrest him.
He swivels from to the right teleprompter, spitting out angry phrases and jumbled words.
Hostile tentacles will appear from underground but the beast's primary attack is spitting acid in the player's direction.
In a statement, the Atlanta Police said that Ms Holder "continued to behave erratically and combative, by spitting and kicking at officers".
Instead, after 26 minutes they spurned three points to chase five, stabbing at the line 10 times from short range to no avail before spitting the pip left where Jerónimo de la Fuente scored.
One of Israel's chief rabbis insisted spitting had nothing to do with Jewish law.
Prince Vincent is the spitting image of his father Crown Prince Frederick in a faded purple hoodie.
She said she was surprised when some staff came to her area after 10 p.m. looking for the restraint kit to limit Hassan’s movement because he was spitting, trying to bite people and smearing feces on himself and around him.
Common combinations with spitting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- spitting on 27×
- spitting image 26×
- the spitting 22×
- and spitting 18×
- spitting in 17×
- spitting at 12×
- spitting out 12×
- by spitting 11×
- for spitting 10×
- of spitting 9×