Surely our colloquial use of the word phlegm must be derived from the character of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3] Reference
Medical tip of the day: if your phlegm is the color of the background on that page, you may have a lung or sinus infection. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
This is the pituitary gland (pih-tyoo'ih-tehr'ee; "phlegm" L). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
The man who put the "phlegm" in "phlegmatic" shrugged, pointed to the clock and agreed to see me after class. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Sigman: 24, Shel Silverstein, Muons and God's Toe] Reference
Ask your Chinese med. person about if you are a "phlegm" case interesting, one of the Ayurveda types--pitta? kaptha?. From Wordnik.com. [Milk Chug on Train] Reference
2001-03-05 - Stay away from this entry if the word "phlegm" makes you squeamish. From Wordnik.com. [blue-parade Diary Entry] Reference
"I have to say, Miss Russell, that your display of English — do they call it 'phlegm'? — is most impressive. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
Cough syrup (expectorant, to loosen phlegm) - 36.7 %. From Wordnik.com. [What's in their medicine cabinet?] Reference
Hsi Jen expectorate, with a retch, a whole mouthful of phlegm. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Willy hacked up more phlegm and begged, "Seventeen cents lady?". From Wordnik.com. [Willy Takes the Night Train to Heaven] Reference
The agricultural community took it, as usual, with phlegm; but there was. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
Under Teuton phlegm lies an hysteria that rivals that of the Latin races. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
A small quantity of phlegm and occasional clots had been expectorated since. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
I am always annoyed with phlegm, but to-day I seem to snivel more than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
'Shake hands on that,' said Paul vehemently; and Darco shook hands with phlegm. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
"For God's sake pleeeeez, help me," Willy moaned and coughed up a little phlegm. From Wordnik.com. [Willy Takes the Night Train to Heaven] Reference
Perspiration was profuse, while with his expectorations of phlegm, he brought up blood. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Risler listened with his usual phlegm, saying, "Indeed, it would be a good thing for you.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The young gentleman threw himself into an arm chair, and puffed away with true German phlegm. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
There should then be a loosening of the phlegm, and a lessening of the flow through the lungs. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
"Your excellencies intend to settle the bill, of course," said the vetturino, with much phlegm. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
I'm alone in the kitchen, steeping chamomile tea, coughing phlegm into the wrinkles of my palms. From Wordnik.com. [HOUSE OF GHOSTS] Reference
And curds (white lumps), or mucus (sedimentary, slimy phlegm), indicate that the food is not well digested. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
We were not accepting the situation with the true phlegm of philosophers; he felt that he had just cause for protest. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
A consumptive should not swallow his phlegm, as the disease may thus be conveyed to parts of the body not already infected. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
The wine of the country here is also good, and Naumburg beer is very good, though I fancy its pitch fills my chest with phlegm. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
A single examination by auscultation, in persons abounding with so much phlegm, is not sufficient to arrive at a correct diagnosis. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Grand Dad was born in the time where men of honor were never too far when danger arose, like the phlegm and fevers of an oncoming plague. From Wordnik.com. [Grand-Dad] Reference
In truth, the Germans have had too much their own way with Hamlet, and have read into him something of their own laboriousness and phlegm. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
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