We left Coondambo on the 8th; on the 9th rain pretended to fall, and we were kept in camp during the day, as a slight spitting fell, but was totally useless.
But Nur Baz was happy as he leapt from one great boulder to another, the ground spitting up under him, and stopped every moment to get in a shot at the men in the sangar in front.
He bore up and was soon in the midst of it, the short waves pounding the flanks of the boat, the spray spitting spitefully into his eyes.
Across the plaza they avalanched, toward the stone church, and when Roberts flowed in with the tumultuous current, he had a vision of the Commandant, purple and spitting with rage, at his elbow.
Well, you are a fisherman, sir," growled Small, spitting a little tobacco juice into the water in disgust.
But at the first mouthful both rose, spittingit out, and ready to express their disgust.
Have some paragraphs put in the papers to the effect that you have been spitting blood, and remain in bed and think over the consequence of excessive advertisement.
As Dawson leaped to a pair of waist guns and peered to port, he saw the six Zeros prop-piling down like six bullet-spitting maniacs.
In short, both were thinking of the strange-looking seaplane now circling about above them, and waiting for it to come gun spitting down in its power dive of death.
The snow flew, too; and the woods rang and rang again with yelling and caterwauling, and spitting and swearing, and all manner of abuse.
Struggling, gasping, spitting out the dirty water of the drain, Aoyama scrambled up on the bank.
Staggering, grasping at air, he turned on Nishioka; spitting out his grudge with the clots of blood.
He, poor fellow, lay spitting blood on the kerbstone.
Suddenly she realised that right before her red fire was spitting from the German guns.
He gave me another proverb, "The contents of a spitting pot, like riches, become fouler the more they accumulate.
The petroleum motor is still a delicate and capricious thing, and there are sounds in its spitting rumble that are intelligible only to the long-experienced ear.
Should such a "cold" explosion occur, the flame-spitting motor would probably ignite the mass of mixed hydrogen and air that would surround me; but it would have no decisive influence on the result.
He did not venture very near the machine at first, but sheltered himself behind a tree, where he could watch its panting andspitting without danger.
Take a broiled chicken," said the stranger, giving a heavy hawk, with his hand upon his breast, and spitting half across the floor.
I hate sich folks," she continued, putting on one of her most contemptible faces, and spitting like a mad cat, at Aunt Sonora.
At his touch, and the smell of him, they awoke, spitting and clawing with all their mother's courage.
The leopard, thoroughly cowed, leaped back into his cage and curled up in the farthest corner, spitting insanely.
It is the high-velocity nickel-nosed bullet tearing through the air at lightning speed, and spitting with rage at its ill success in driving home on some unfortunate wretch.
A single rifle-shot spittingoff near by is as often as not the cause of the alarm; for that rifle-shot cracking out discordantly and awakening the echoes may be the signal for the dread rush which would spell the beginning of the end.
The bullets were singing in all manner of tones here as I ran, the iron ones of old-fashioned make muttering a deep bass; the nickel-headed modern devils spitting the thinnest kind of treble as they hastened along.
McGilveray, winking at the big fellow, and spitting on the ground before the surly one, who made a motion as if he would bayonet McGilveray where he sat.
Its long, slender body twisted and turned with incredible swiftness, every hair was bristling, and its snarling little face emitted horrible squeaks and spitting squeals.
Mauser was already spitting fire from the front seat across the windshield, and at his second shot an antelope dropped like lead.
Unhappily people are rather fond of spitting in railway carriages.
On the steamships to South America the English passengers were often disgusted by the amount of spitting about the decks done by some of the foreigners on board.
Natives seem to have been about this water lately, but we have not seen one since leaving our spitting friend on the Hugh.
One, indeed, deposed that he had been offered the choice between renouncing Christ, spitting on the cross, and the indecent kiss, and he selected the spitting.
From the 7th of June to the 19th, the inquisitors were employed in receiving their depositions as to renouncing Christ, spitting on the cross, etc.
In some cases spitting thrice upon the ground was only required, without anything being said as to its being in disrespect of Christ.
Usually renunciation of God or Christ and spitting on the cross are both required, but in many cases renunciation without spitting suffices, and in as many more spitting without renunciation.
In spitting of blood its effects are particularly beneficial.
No," he answered slowly, turning his quid in his cheek, and spitting with great precision at a blue-headed lizard that had emerged from a crack in the rock and sat eyeing us.
A sharp yelp followed, and Dick felt the scrum above him lighten, as Zweiter retired from the fray, spitting blood and curses in a polyglot and highly satisfactory manner.
A spitting volley came from the five-shooters of the scouts and many a red man fell to the sod.
Soldiers will rush to almost certain death in the excitement of battle, but to stand and decide one’s fate by the drawing of a bean is worse than charging upon a spitting cannon.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spitting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: clack; click; crack; crackle; sizzling; snap; snapping
