retching

Example Sentences

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When she wasn’t retching, she lay her head in her boyfriend’s lap.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

Sixty Nigerian dwarf goats are taking turns crashing their horns against wooden stalls while unleashing a cacophony of bleats, groans, and retching wails that make it nearly impossible to hold a conversation.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

Instead she found two of her co-workers vomiting, with one retching into her bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

She said: "My fear has always been going into his bedroom in the morning and you know it's been fatal, because that's how bad the cough and the retching has been."

From BBC • May 22, 2023

He doubled over, shuddering and retching, as a dozen fiery snakes seemed to work their way down his esophagus.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan