How to Use cough up in a Sentence

cough up

verb
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Instead, the Twins have three rookie starters struggling to pitch more than five innings and a bullpen that has been coughing up leads for weeks.
    — Nick Halter, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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

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