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How to use coughed in a sentence

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Breathing in ash that stung my lungs I coughed, bending forward and finding support against someone else's shoulder.
She made her way over to the counter, still staring, and then coughed obtrusively, pounding her fist on the wood for emphasis.
Keats spluttered and coughed to full wakefulness, and steadied himself with a stiff brandy.
Mitch coughed, as his eyes opened and he brought a fist up to cover his mouth.
So Jake pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, placed it in front of him on the lectern, straightened his tie and coughed nervously.
There was a moment of silence before Harvey finally coughed and straightened his tie.
If all anime series coughed up seven episodes per disc, we'd all be happy, happy otaku.
He coughed up his Bickfords and turned purple with a mixture of shame and chagrin.
Wesley coughed and swallowed a long swig of his ale while Pearl tried to explain her complicated situation.
He coughed once, clearing his throat as the three turned and looked at him.
His little face would contort in pain every time he coughed or sneezed, and he was suffering quite badly.
He coughed again, more painfully, and now his lips were flecked with blood.
Aggie lifted her head, coughed up water, took one look at her surroundings, and flumped down.
The chair's legs squeaked against the floor as she pushed it away and coughed, her body expelling the pill across to the far side of the table.
The smoke filled my lungs and I coughed repeatedly, not gaining the breath that I needed.
She coughed and it sounded as if her chest were slowly being torn apart from the inside.
He coughed again, sounding like a submerged jeep trying to be extricated from a lake of mud.
Suddenly he coughed, or it sounded like it, and he placed his hand on the side of my head.
At 4,500 ft the engine coughed and at 4,000 ft its full-throated bellow killed the silence.
The propeller was spun, the engine coughed into life and a throaty roar was heard as it taxied down the racecourse before rising into flight.
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He stepped back, coughed, fidgeted with the latch, and then began to apologize.
The motor complained for a few minutes, then coughed and conked out completely.
Marley coughed and straightened the jacket over his bearlike chest as he put back his needler.
He stopped and coughed significantly, and Mr. crayon also coughed significantly.
He must have been a dacha smoker, for he coughed hideously, twisting his body with the paroxysms.
He coughed and swayed, then hurtled sideways into the arms of Major Gascoigne.
I coughed somewhat emphatically, after which I discreetly knocked upon the doorframe.
And the circle of old men champed their gums, and nodded approvingly, and coughed.
He coughed, a hard, dry cough, leaning his fast graying head upon his hand.
Here the orator's breath quite failed, and he coughed till his hatchet face turned blue.
He was scarce able to come to the carriage window, and coughed so hollowly that I thought he had nearly begged his last pittance.
The part of the tube which passes beyond the true vocal cords is bulged to prevent it being coughed out.
He coughed and coughed till his face became quite purple, and at last he sank into a chair and began to spit up blood.
It coughed once, sending a beam of supersonic energy into the bodies of both men.
I coughed, and agar, who had taken my arm-chair, wanted to give it me back.
But in about three minutes she coughed up the phlegm and began to get better right away.
As soon as the company were seated the archdeacon rose and coughed loudly.
This Musketeer had just come off guard, complained of having a cold, and coughed from time to time affectedly.
The bell rung, the steamer whizzed, the engine groaned and coughed, and away swept the boat down the river.
Again Mr. bumble coughed,louder this time than he had coughed yet.
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