Verb (used with object) : to cough up phlegm.    From Dictionary.com. 

Still snuffling and coughing from the Creeping Crud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lather. Rinse. Repeat.] Reference

My sister and I would be tearing and coughing from the bleach smell.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Night] Reference

"There was fear, there was crying," 90 students were "coughing from the effects of teargas.".    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976] Reference

I hope I don't speak too soon, but I do feel normal again and the coughing is pretty much gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back on the horse!] Reference

People with long-term coughing or other signs of tuberculosis should cover their, mouths whenever they cough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 19] Reference

After the major productive coughing is over, cough drops seem to help, at least while the drops are in the mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Warming] Reference

Others joined in coughing, but I sent a message round to have the lights put up, and the moment they were turned on, the coughs stopped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography] Reference

What do you call a coughing Quidditch commentator?.    From Wordnik.com.  [PARTY AT THE TRAILERS] Reference

I kept saying is there a medical condition called coughing on the right answer?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2003] Reference

Her coughing was the soundtrack to that day and, after an hour, we gave up and I went home.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Shadow of Freedom] Reference

These have been around in radio forever, and your coughing was a little rough listening to … fesworks.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - ELR fan builds me a cough button] Reference

All the coughing was affecting his ability to get to sleep, so he began each day exhausted from the night before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whooping Cough] Reference

I didn't - "coughing" - come in, I didn't know you were ... ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forever War]

Rarely, symptoms such as coughing or labored breathing continue after surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vascular Ring] Reference

Also, coughing is boring.    From Wordnik.com.  [November 15th, 2004] Reference

The coughing is keeping me from sleeping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - I’m no historian but I’m going to say “yes.”] Reference

Pregnant and coughing is no fun!! kgirl Said.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Don’t Want To Start Any Blasphemous Rumors | Her Bad Mother] Reference

Certain reflex symptoms, such as coughing and sneezing, have been met with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

You certainly don't want them getting up to sing amid some kind of coughing fit, do you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Background sounds should be able to be played optionally as well, such as coughing, laughing.    From Wordnik.com.  [GetAFreelancer.com New Projects] Reference

Some patients had been having respiratory problems, such as coughing and runny noses, since the end of March.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

Strep throat usually does not occur with cold symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, or a runny or stuffy nose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

Hydrogen chloride also causes respiratory problems such as coughing, irritated nose and throat, and heart problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Newswire] Reference

During the episode heavy outdoor activities may cause respiratory symptoms such as coughing or shortness of breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [680news.com] Reference

Sick pigs exhibit symptoms such as coughing (barking), discharge from the nose, sneezing and breathing difficulties.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Union - All Categories] Reference

Warning signs such as coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath or low peak flow readings are evidence of worsening asthma.    From Wordnik.com.  [All MayoClinic.com Topics] Reference

In some cases the patient can, by a violent expiratory effort, such as coughing, project the goitre upwards into the neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

Hospital: The entire staff is trained in infection-control measures, such as coughing into a tissue and not into one's hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Establish and enforce policies to prevent the spread of the flu, such as coughing etiquette and sending home workers with flu symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [dispatch.com: RSS] Reference

RSV is a virus that causes cold-like symptoms, such as coughing, sneezing, runny nose, fever, a decreased appetite, and possibly wheezing.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

They are the same as tuberculosis: coughing, a fever, maybe coughing up blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old Foe Gains Strength] Reference