retch
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The heat lingered around 100 degrees, and while Young danced and sang, she began to visibly gag and retch before running off the stage and asking for a bucket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
His mum Dawn Kafi, from Liverpool, said food made him retch and gag.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2022
I can tolerate some dairy, but I still have to repress a retch at the sight of yogurt.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
But they’re also 4-3 against the three worst teams in the Eastern Conference, and if you didn’t retch a little during that double-digit loss in Atlanta, your stomach is stronger than mine.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2018
Piper watched the whole thing without moving a muscle but the shock of it made me retch and I had to turn away over the side of the truck.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
Diana’s wardrobe becomes a gorgeous prison, from the string of pearls that repeatedly tightens around her neck to the stunning Chanel gown she wears as she retches into a toilet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
With a flourish, almost with dedication, with loud retches.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
When Tenorman learns of his error, he retches and begins to sob.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 19, 2013
While a fellow student retches, the teacher exalts his genius.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2012
Just before landing he goes into the bathroom, retches into the tiny metal basin.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
They retched when he complained, “I know you’re upset. We’re upset. Our building burned down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
As we walked along 12th Avenue East toward my car at 3 a.m., we passed a man rubbing another man’s back as he retched on a dirt sidewalk strip.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
McDonald spoke of the usual chicken and spaghetti at that hour, and no one retched, at least not audibly.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2021
When I hoisted myself into the driver’s seat, I practically retched.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
He retched, and then began to vomit, all over the sacks, the sick coming down his nose and choking him.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
The smell was so overwhelming that workers started retching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat” “It’s hard to look at Walter Goggins’ noseless ‘Fallout’ character, the Ghoul, without retching, but his compelling performance also makes it hard to turn away.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
One man was seen retching, while others phoned loved ones and walked away.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
In “Sweeney Todd,” Steven Hoggett set the huddled masses of Victorian London lurching and retching about the stage.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
Loo only pointed at the inkfish, stuck out his tongue, and made a retching sound.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
