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coughings

n. (plural of coughing English)

Usage examples of "coughings".

The sound of the sea came to them, sighings and coughings of the waves flinging against the cliff.

His wife still sat at the table, fingered the handle of an empty cup, stared fixedly out the window at the kennels behind the house, and pointedly ignored his small coughings and scrapings.

His wife still sat at the table, finĀ­gered the handle of an empty cup, stared fixedly out the window at the kennels behind the house, and pointedly ignored his small coughings and scrapings.