retching

Example Sentences

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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

“Pepper” follows the overlapping pursuits of a handful of pepper enthusiasts, whose interests lie in the hottest of the hots, peppers that induce sweating, crying and retching within minutes.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 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

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

Choking and retching, soaking and colder than he had ever been in his life, he came to facedown in the snow.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling