How To Use Spit In A Sentence

Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
According to police and prosecutors, the two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital.
It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.

Three healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly hospital patients. Times, Sunday Times
When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. After the Diagnosis
A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
Despite the lateness of the hour Annabel gathered her skirts and prepared to take a solitary ramble in the garden.
Filming went ahead in spite of the bad weather.
The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.
Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety.
My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
Mostly, however, she seems to be held in some kind of incommunicado status until they need a sound bite, and then they throw the power switch, download the text and out she spits it, with all the emotion of an automaton. Condi a Waste of Time
Remember that even if your surgery is performed in an office or surgicenter, your surgeon should have hospital privileges to perform that procedure. You: On a Diet
The woman herself lay in Epsom Cottage Hospital for four days without regaining consciousness.
Despite imperial successes at St. Gotthard (1664), Growardein and Neuhäusel in Hungary ceded to the Ottomans (1664, at Vasvár). 2. The Habsburg Monarchy
She suffered minor smoke inhalation and was discharged from hospital last night. The Sun
And when Elliot Spitzer got caught fooling w/a prostie, he resigned on the spot … saaaaaaaaaaaay … WHY is Vitter still in office? Think Progress » Vitter receives standing ovation at Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
Despite their superficial similarity, submersion of minorities in English-only programs in the USA and Canadian immersion programs are different and they lead to different results.
In present-day usage, despite Fowler's strictures, concern for classical and linguistic purity is minimal and the coining of etymological hybrids is casual and massive.
Sjogren's syndrome "targets and destroys over time the exocrine glands responsible for tear production and saliva -- and is characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes," said Dr. Michael Belmont, an associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at NYU Langone Medical Center and medical director for Hospital for Joint Diseases. Why Sjogren's syndrome caused Williams to quit U.S. open
The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries - a deep wound to his side had punctured a lung.
But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
But the family have pulled together and, in spite of fits of irritability, are happy.
These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
The vital ingredient of popular appeal was not there despite several bids to rejig the story.
Despite his bulk he moved lightly on his feet.
One effortlessly got saturation coverage, the other struggled to get noticed, despite the mandatory presence of a celebrity, a suitably weighty one too.
Physicians and hospitals fear the practice could unfairly penalize practitioners and say there's no way to benchmark quality accurately.
The same thing happened when I was at the animal hospital, too; two or three people got preggers there, sometime before I left.
The plaintiff had sued one member, Hunter, of a committee of the management of a hospital which had engaged him.
Despite literally minutes browsing statto.com, we can't top that. The Knowledge | Which clubs have refunded fans due to player transfers? | Rob Smyth
He wears his cap backwards and spits rhymes with fierce energy and unbridled theatrics. The Harvard Crimson :: News
But their brief respite in the conditioned air of the shuttle made that first step outside a gasper. Cattle Town
Still Life with Action Figure," a particularly realist exercise, actually occurs in suburbia, where an artist son visits his artist father, who has resumed painting despite suffering from parkinsonism. Ccfinlay: You Make My Heart Sing
The resident population of mental hospitals has fallen by 20%.
My Mom took a job as a nursing orderly in a mental hospital where sleeping pills and tranquillisers were easily obtainable.
The National Health Service has visibly deteriorated, despite increased spending.
They will certainly enjoy some respite from the negative headlines which have been barracking them in recent weeks, which maybe renders the result palatable for all.
Despite having all the appropriate authorisations in their possession, they were unable to produce the program for which they had travelled to the country.
Luke was a brilliant student despite the fact that he was a notorious slacker.
The term "gentilhomme" is so liable to be confounded with "gentleman" that it needs explaining, for, despite the similarity of derivation, no two words can be more distinct. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
Now, its membership has soared to more than 200, with monthly meetings in a north-west hospital.
Her condition was so critical medics called in the hospital chaplain to comfort her in her final moments. The Sun
With her pupils dilated to blackness, and spitting vituperation in all directions, the very last thing she seems is sane.
Instead, segregation has continued despite the fact that some of Oldham's most monocultural schools have been closed and merged since the riots, while others have been moved to different areas to seek a mixed intake. Oldham schools still polarised 10 years on from race riots
It was only in hospital that he discovered bone protruding through his skin. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the noise, they hadn't got in, and Sam offered up silent thanks to the miller who had built so well. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
Despite the threat of war, people went about their work as usual.
The capon burns, and the pig falls from the spit, and the meal will BE all cold if you do not come home.
Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock.
We placed our trust in the hospital which failed in so many ways so many times over. Times, Sunday Times
A constant theme in research concerned with the hospital care of older people is the discharge from hospital back to the community.
Despite his excitement, there are few things Ignaciuk finds lacking in his life in Bulgaria.
He gives an amusing account of the vigorous campaign against his hospital closure programme. Times, Sunday Times
It is believed however than none of the four were from the Sligo area, despite the secluded nature of the beach.
Despite serious technical obstacles, space agency officials are considering whether to launch a Jupiter space probe powered entirely by sunlight.
He went into cardiac arrest again in the ambulance and once more at the hospital.
The Warriors lost a battle despite outshooting and mostly outplaying their opponents.
Despite the apparent commonness of blonde hair, which accounts for a third of British women, Tobin said only about 3% were naturally blonde.
Apart from a pale yellow primula, snowdrops are the only flowers in the front garden but despite this there is plenty of other interest.
I ejaculated mentally , " you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.
In spite of the run-down facilities, the ma-and-pop owners and the friendliest and most approachable people in Hong Kong.
It was built as a Methodist chapel in 1910, became a convalescence hospital during the First World War, and was later partly used as a billiard hall.
Despite the fact that the soloists just use these two chords, the improvisations are melodically and rhythmically rich - a signpost of contemporary mainstream jazz.
Lawrence survived a devastating accident at work with months of painful recovery in the hospital and at home.
I am an inmate of that hospital.
The hospital is so overcrowded that some patients are being treated on trolleys in the corridors.
He remained in hospital for two nights whilst prescribed medication re-established a regular heartbeat.
Without the greenhouse gases, the world would be a bleak, inhospitable place. The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
The hospitable host had his spare room emptied very quickly for the honoured guest.
Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking.
We are increasingly concerned about patients being discharged unsafely from hospital. Times, Sunday Times
E-Mail etiquette requires some kind of signature at the end of a message, despite the header that appears with each incoming item.
We were visiting homes and hospitals to see football fans who had been badly burnt. Times, Sunday Times
Data on admission to hospital is not comprehensive but they suggest that admission rates rise with declining social class.
Spittle and blood spattered his lips, dripping in my mouth. Brush of Darkness
Despite first appearances, it adheres closely to Shakespeare's play.
Despite what the antis would tell you, hunting is for people from all walks of life.
The injured man is doing nicely in hospital.
There will be a representative from Crumlin Hospital attending the function to accept the cheque.
It is thought officers will name 13 hospitals - including at least one hospice. The Sun
Then the pleasant little surprises of all kinds that we imagined; and the pleasant looks that greet us when we condescend to accept them; the patience that can translate our most unwarrantable "crossness", because there has been some trifling difficulty in obtaining the half of a star or the corner of a moon which it had pleased us to require, into "such a good sign of being really better"; and then our appetite (which the gods know is at that season singularly keen), how is it not tempted with unutterable dainties and friande morsels, all sorts of amateur cookery in our behalf, where Love himself has not disdained to turn the spit, and look into the stewpan! and all served up so gracefully on the small tray, covered with its delicate white damask cloth, arraying with more than mortal charms the moulds of crystal jelly and pure-looking blanc mange! Zoe: The History of Two Lives
Despite the challenges that prevail, our women have 'shouldered' the burdens with great resilience and dignity; and many of the successes that we claim toady, must be credited to our mothers, grandmothers, wives, aunts and sisters. Jamaica Information Service
Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New The Englishwoman in America
Throughout the day, Grant rode through his command rallying the force in spite of the lateness of reinforcements.
On the ground she was fêted with lavish hospitality by friends waiting at every far-flung airfield to whisk her off to a celebratory feast.
Marti was scheduled to return for another attempt to drain the fluid when her perinatologist told her she had made an appointment for Marti at Children's Hospital's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. TTTS — Dicus
He was rushed to hospital where doctors and a psychiatrist decided the life-saving liver operation was in his best interests. The Sun
The ambulance drove to the hospital slowly as a safety measure because Mr A could not be belted and was not secure in the ambulance.
We need to support those Members of Parliament opposed to these new foundation hospitals.
After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Had there, despite Terry Gill's denials, been an encounter?
There is no known cure for hebephilia and no effective initial screening mechanism, says psychologist James Cantor, who leads a team of researchers from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and other hospitals in studying the role of the brain in causing pedophilia and hebephilia. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
They had a football match to raise cash for the hospital.
Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental
Of these, 250 are hospitalized as a result of acute complications, and approximately 100 die from cirrhosis, liver cancer, or fulminant hepatitis.
Despite advances in headphone design, the fact is you are still listening to glorified stereo, where the sounds appear to thump uncomfortably inside your head.
One of the hospitals said that some of the people that had stuff either left or accidentally placed inside them became 'unwell' as a result, but it is not known to which objects, or patients, they were referring. TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page
In the end, despite these tight controls, the US-backed generals failed to win a majority of the vote, securing a plurality only through frenzied last minute stuffing of the ballot boxes.
Having browsed through this book, you've probably realized that despite the noise, stink, stupidity and self-destructiveness of Planet Earth, it's not a bad place to vacation.
He's inclined to spit when he talks quickly.
Hospitals were told to charge patients who were found not to be resident in Britain or from countries with reciprocal arrangements. Times, Sunday Times
However, despite these similarities, the political significance of the extended family was not uniform throughout Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
Hospital case notes are more voluminous than traditional British general practice paper records, which are normally maintained on small cards, named after the politician who introduced them more than 90 years ago.
Despite disagreeing with his colleagues, he has defended their right to speak out.
Despite being very comfortable by Zambian standards, he is a man who does not spend his money carelessly and he is on a salary just like his wife and his workers.
Despite a string of victories-the judge's stinging decision enumerating Allen's "fraudulent modus operandi," occasional media coverage, and the support of real CIA agents and military heroes-he is no closer to collecting the $40,000 he says was "conned" from his family in 1993. Edgar Allen
Despite her measured tone, June is clearly enraged as well as grief stricken. The Sun
`And you an SRN, and knowing all the latest hospital ways. THE WHITE DOVE
Despite her illness, she had lost none of her enthusiasm for life.
And she, warm with what Dick had just told of him, pleasured at the goodly sight of him, dwelling with her eyes on the light, high poise of head, the careless, sun-sanded hair, and the lightness, almost debonaireness, of his carriage despite his weight of body and breadth of shoulders. CHAPTER XXIII
APPLETON (Nov 4): Richard Lloyd Linscott was born Oct. 28, 2008, at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta to Lloyd and Beth Linscott of Appleton. Knox
The hospital dietician or specialist cardiac nurse can provide dietary advice.
He is also considering converting an army barracks and possibly a mental hospital into new open prisons. Times, Sunday Times
A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt. Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
He soon came to exert considerable influence on surgical practice and hospital policy at Harrogate.
Even if you get to a hospital for antivenom, three out of four people will still die. The Sun
Tuesday morning, 8 sharp I was back at the hospital.
Doctors "incubated" the girl and planned on taking her to the Staten Island University Hospital's burn unit, sources said. WN.com - Articles related to Boston weighs smoke-free public housing
Despite the dark tint and moody atmosphere of the show, the set lights up in fluorescents and strong blues and yellows, and the colors come through strong.
Thirdly, despite working crazy hours I seemed to have all the ingredients needed for this particular tart without budging an inch.
About 230 food staff and orderlies at four Auckland hospitals held a 48-hour strike on July 18.
My daydreams of creaming him in a spit-off were instantly dashed.
But despite the favorable atmosphere, police remained on alert for possible security threats on the session, the officer said.
The agency will also keep an eye on patient charges for services and medical equipment often linked to chronic illnesses, such as hospitalizations, nursing-home care and wheelchairs. Health Plans: New Safeguards
In spite of my efforts to pacify it the baby continued to cry / continued crying.
It was no longer uncommon for patients to be lying on hospital trolleys for up to four days.
I was unfortunate enough to have an accident while on holiday in Minorca, where I spent eight days in hospital after an operation for a broken hip.
Despite these unexceptionable advantages, critics have objected to the land tax on the following grounds.
The primary outcome was the occurrence of severe clinical events, defined as death or hospital admission irrespective of the cause.
In spite of all this, there is something about Shakespeare and something about performance without walls; in combination, they make magic.
That seems to have been the spiteful remark of an adversary; for at least while Churchill was still in politics, the Congress was staffed, and led by men and women of calibre and integrity.
Firefighters fought the flames throughout the night despite the strong gusts and torrential rain.
Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
ThinkProgressPromotesSocialism, care to tell me where this magical hospital that writes off chemo is so I can call and verify this? Think Progress » Democrats Need To Pass A Comprehensive Health Care Bill
Despite going to sea on a boat with no windows, no fantail, no helipad or even a hatch to allow in some tension-breaking fresh salt air, submariners are still sailors at heart.
SNOW (voice-over): With his wife Silda by his side, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the man once known as Mr. Clean, addressed his fall from grace. CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008
In spite of this, most credit card issuers still fleece their cardholders with sky-high rates.
Inpatient hospitalization is available for children who require complex medical management. Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Center
The traditional elements - hospitality, gorgeous locations, local food - are still present, but in a more boutiquey atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
She looked composed as she was snapped on the red carpet with her fellow judges - despite admitting she was nervous. The Sun
Despite planned closures, the continuing decline in demand will continue to generate spare capacity.
I think of the work that goes on in our homeless shelters, hospitals and hospices. The Sun
And, despite some stout defence, a feature of York's game this season, they were unable to prevent scrum half Duffy from scoring from short range.
Our family of hospitals is wholeheartedly committed to equity and equality.
Despite vehement opposition from his family, he quit school and became an actor.
Despite the lack of extras, the movie is nice-looking, inoffensive fun, and a welcome addition to any DVD library.
Eli undershot this dark system. i oversaw Jaime when ate me Sky! it told present arch, that enwound sadly... above plough reeved whistle, driving wrung anti the week despite blue chance: "who he gainsaid us? 26th January '05
The single-incision surgery team at SLU Hospital has already performed a number of gastrointestinal procedures, including appendectomies, gall bladder removals and partial colectomies. Newswise: Latest News
She was a total mystery to him in spite of their long and successful association.
The lamb is then sewn up, trussed, and cooked on a spit.
People are repulsed at the idea of limiting the amount of children someone can have, despite the fact that our schools, health care, and planet itself simply cannot support us.
Despite the fact that a Dinky toy car can fetch many times more than its real life counterpart, it is still possible to find bargains.
Masked, they were dynamic, varied, and hilarious, so that their masks actually seemed to become their faces, despite their grotesqueness; unmasked, they were slow, hesitant, and awkward, as if ashamed of the material.
Despite everything, she bore her former boss no animosity.
Twice as many hospitals turned ambulances away last week compared with the same period last year. Times, Sunday Times
The 14 geriatric hospitals included 18 buildings that housed 36 nursing departments.
I shuffled my hospital armchair forward, across the BUPA contract carpet. LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIES
This despite the fact that the roles were first written to be performed by men. Times, Sunday Times
This is despite the fact that no account has been taken of the potentially depressing impact on economic activity and revenue buoyancy of their tax raising proposals.
But despite these delays, the experienced tallymen will be watching the boxes and each party will allocate different people to count the votes being put into the relevant piles.
Despite increased understanding of the nature of the disease in general, the factors that contribute to symptomatic destabilization are little studied and much remains conjectural.
Having ogled females in feathers, let's move on to Sisters In Leather, a black-and-white Sixties nudie which, despite its title, is not a ‘roughie’.
In spite of her off-screen antics, she remains the darling of Disney remakes, with her on-screen innocence and charm.
A great songsmith and a careful performer, despite what he would have us all believe, Gough is not an interesting stadium prospect, especially when the set is 40 minutes long.
Despite suffering with emetophobia for nearly 75 years, last year she finally tackled her fear with the support of a therapist.
It completed her expression; it was as a very halo of Yankee saintship crowning the woman who in despite of poverty and every discouragement had always hated, to the very roots of her hair, anything like what she called a "sozzle;" who had always been screwed up and sharp set to hard work. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life.
But despite the best efforts of his closest aides, it was not until two hours later that the Pope finally relented, the report said.
Another source of pride for her was being one of the first lay people to serve on the ethics committee of a London teaching hospital. Times, Sunday Times
This is a hospital test where a narrow tube with a light and lens on the end is passed down the trachea and into the lung.
The patient was transferred to another hospital.
Despite their fishlike exteriors, ichthyosaurs had to surface to breathe air and they gave birth to live young.
Despite what the Dog had told her, the Charter certainly seemed to go on forever, without Beginning or End. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
This despite being part of a school system which demonstrably does not waste much of its money on bureaucracy and aggrandizement of its own honchos; the system has no trouble educating half of its students.
We are told that after he called his cardiologist, who by the way, is Dr. Jonathan Reiner, to report that he had been having some discomfort, the doctor said you'd better get yourself back in here right now because as you pointed out, last November 22nd, the then - vice president-to-be was brought to the hospital. CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Vice President Could Be Hospitalized Overnight - March 5, 2001
Despite some ongoing resistance (a subject to which I will return), the situation for people involved in interracial intimacy has never been better. Interracial Intimacy
They will then be reviewed by one of five consultants within Lancashire Teaching Hospital.
Despite the speed of the ground troops, airstrips were always within 100 miles of the front lines.
DESPITE his great attacking prowess and capacity to find the net fairly on a regular basis, he does not come across as a penalty taker. The Sun
He is also considering converting an army barracks and possibly a mental hospital into new open prisons. Times, Sunday Times
And despite the copious amounts of butter used to bake it, it doesn't feel overly greasy. The Sun
People living in the community served by the hospital are able to become members and stand for election for the board of governors of the trust.
Despite increasing physical frailty, he continued to write stories.
despite our redoubled efforts
Despite her handicap, Jane is able to hold down a full-time job.
She was thankful, at least, that the hospital let her wear her own pajamas rather than one of their backless gowns.
And the hospital is kept thoroughly clean and dusted every day - and that included the tops of cupboards and places that you do not normally see.
He had, somewhat reluctantly R 'shiel thought, agreed with her plan, despite Tarja's objections. TREASON KEEP
The hospital had sterilizers, and packs were wrapped in cloth.
Florida's Democratic candidate for governor, Alex Sink, said Monday she will begin airing a rare two-minute-long TV ad attacking Republican opponent Rick Scott for the massive fraud scandal that occurred on his watch at his former hospital company. Alex Sink Attack Ad RIPS Rick Scott Over Massive Medicare Fraud (VIDEO)
We work harder and longer than ever before without rest, despite all our time-saving home devices and services.
Despite his ten billion years of preparation, he found himself to be unready.
Despite this apparent initial failure, which was openly scorned by China's state media as "performance art", the boxun.com blog site asked again for what it called "strolling protests" against the ruling Communist Party at 2pm on Sunday. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Despite his eventual betrayal of me-for which I have forgiven him-Hu was a superb implementer and an outstanding public servant.
Despite that, he was able to walk straight into the castle's Waterloo Chamber and was only challenged five minutes after entering the party as he ordered champagne at the bar.

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