retch

Example Sentences

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On the record she punctuates that line with an exaggerated retch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

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

We retch, say “yuck”, and back off to protect ourselves from exposure to them and their disease-laden possibilities.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019

I retch again and again, and when my stomach is empty, the dry heaves take over.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed