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Example Sentences
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On the record she punctuates that line with an exaggerated retch.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023
Rittenhouse tried to keep going, gesticulating with his arms but speaking in a vomitous retch.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022
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
She leaned over the bed to retch more, trying to cough something up, but nothing came out.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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