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“For nearly 250 years, Mary has played a distinct role in our great American story,” Trump declared, offering a brief Catholic history of the United States that would’ve made this country’s Puritan forefathers retch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
His mum Dawn Kafi, from Liverpool, said food made him retch and gag.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2022
She’s looks like she’s about to retch as she hoists a raw turkey from the sink where she was washing it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 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
How long could he last before he had to retch?
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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
Castor and Pollux grab towels, aprons to stuff in the cracks as Gale retches into a bright yellow sink.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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
He gulped, gagged and retched as the rest of the group sat handcuffed beside a Border Patrol truck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2021
When I hoisted myself into the driver’s seat, I practically retched.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
She lifted her head to give him a withering glare, but everything spun, dragging her down with it, and she retched again.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
The smell was so overwhelming that workers started retching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Earlier, while cleaning one resident's room, I found myself retching because of the smell, unable to stay for longer than 20 seconds.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Instead she found two of her co-workers vomiting, with one retching into her bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
My husband and I had hoped for this pregnancy, but at that point, part of me thought a miscarriage would at least end the retching.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
There was a noise behind him, a retching, breathless sound—it was Mal, trying to get to Christopher.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
