Spitting dust from her dry lips, she ran indoors to protect her children, and found them coughing.

"You have to get on your hands and knees and spit dust to get records."

She looked round at the others, spitting dust from their mouths, coughing, shaking with cold.

He coughed, spitting dust from his lungs, then wiped a hand across his eyes to clear them.

The boys scrambled up spitting dust and smearing muddy tears on pale cheeks.

"I don't know about the rest of you, but I got so thirsty I was spitting dust."

Certain vacuum cleaners spit fine dust and bacteria back into the air, where they can spread infections and trigger allergies.

Then, without another word, he stepped on the gas and the car roared out of the dirt lot, spitting dust and debris as it departed.

A moment he lay still; then, lifting his head, he spat dust from his mouth and tried to sit up.