VERB
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clear mucus or food from one's throat
he cleared his throat before he started to speak
How To Use clear the throat In A Sentence
- Clear the throat
- Time passes, and there follows a sensation as if the stomach was drawn together or compressed, as if with a slight degree of cramp, coupled with a total extinction of appetite; the mouth and throat become dry and irritated; there is an incessant disposition to clear the throat by "hemming" and swallowing, and there is a tickling in the nose which necessitates frequent sneezing, sometimes a dozen or even twenty times in succession. The Opium Habit